GIS Data Portals and GIS Map & Data Resource Sites - Here is our listing of good gis data sites we have used in the past, there are many more digital data sites that are not shown here. Most every U.S. county/city/town now has some sort of spatial data in their planning, roads, or gis departments. This list just covers major sources of spatial digital data sites which we think would have a broad appeal. If you find a site that you think should be included, please e-mail it to us. Also, visit our GIS jobs listing page at the bottom of this page. info @ cccarto.com
Geodata.gov -
New comprehensive U.S. data portal
ESRI Data Portal
EPA
GIS Data Download Page
National Wetlands Inventory
(NWI) - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. National Park
Data Portal - Newly updated National Park Portal
FreeGIS.org
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Open Source Remote Sensing
Software
Free
GIS and CAD Software
GIS resources
for Mac
GIS File Library - Directions Magazine
Arc/Info
& ArcView Symbol Sets
NPS
Metadata Tools Extension for ArcGIS
GIS
Center: Software Development
Census
2005 First Edition TIGER/Line File Download
Page
U.S.
Census data boundary data
Canada Census Geography - Data
GNS; Country Names
World Gazetteer: World - largest cities (per geographical entity)
World Gazetteer: World - profile of geographical entity including name variants
World Gazetteer: World - geographical entity specific links (per geographical entity)
GNIS data
State Sites
ALASKA AGDC Datasets
Alabama GSA Data Site
Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
Arkansas UARK GIS Data - Great listings of other states resources!
California Environmental Information Catalog - Joint listings of City, County, State links
California State Fish & Game - Part of State GIS portal
California Frap Data Site - Fire, vegistation, and property ownership data for the State of California
California Lake Tahoe USGS Clearinghouse - Nice run data portal
Colorado Water Resources data site - only hydro data
Universty of Colorado State GIS resource Links
Connecticut Map & Geographic GIS Data
(CUGIR) Cornell University Geospatial Data
Delaware DataMIL GIS Data
Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Florida Geographic Information Board
Hawaii Statewide GIS Program
Illinois Natural Resources Data Site
Indiana - Purdue GIS Server
Louisiana State University CADGIS
Atlas: The Louisiana Statewide GIS Atlas
Maine Office of GIS
Maryland Geological Survey
Maryland Historical TrustGIS
Maryland State Government (MSGIC)
Massachusetts (MASSGIS)
Michigan (GIC)
Minnesota Land Management Information Center
Mississippi (MARIS)
Missouri Spatial Data MSDIS
Montana State Library GIS (NRIS)
Nebraska Geospatial Databank
Nevada Geographic Information Clearinghouse - good links
New Hampshire GRANIT
New Jersey Image Warehouse (ortho quads & images)
New Jersey Geographic Information Network (NJGIN)
New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS)
New York State GIS Clearinghouse
North Carolina Geographic Data Clearinghouse (NCGDC)
Ohio (OGRIP) & Geographic Information System Service Center (GISSC)
Oregon's Center for Geographic Information Systems (OGDC)
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Rhode Island GIS Data
South Carolina: USC Data Server
South Dakota (SDGS)
Oklahoma Geo Information Systems
OCGI Oklahoma Base Vector Map
Utah - AGRC
Vermont Geographic Information System (VCGI)
Virgina Places.org
Wyoming Geographic Information Advisory Council
DOT State Sites -
Good source if the state has gis
data.
Alabama Dept. of Transportation (ALDOT)
Alaska Dept. of Transportation (ADOT)
Arizona Dept. of Transportation (ADOT)
Arkansas State Hwy and Transportation Dept (AHTD)
California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)
Colorado Dept. of Transportation (CDOT)
Connecticut Dept. of Transportation (ConnDOT)
Delaware Dept. of Transportation (DelDOT)
District Dept. of Transportation (DDOT)
Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT)
Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT)
Hawaii Dept. of Transportation (HDOT)
Idaho Dept. of Transportation (ITD)
Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT)
Indiana Dept. of Transportation (INDOT)
Iowa Dept. of Transportation (DOT)
Kansas Dept. of Transportation (KDOT)
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC)
Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD)
Maine Dept. of Transportation (MDOT)
Maryland Dept. of Transportation (MDOT)
Massachusetts Highway Dept. (Mass Highway)
Michigan Dept. of Transportation (MDOT)
Minnesota Dept. of Transportation (Mn/DOT)
Mississippi Dept. of Transportation (MDOT)
Missouri Dept. of Transportation (MoDOT)
Montana Dept. of Transportation (MDT)
Nebraska Dept. of Roads (NDOR)
Nevada Dept. of Transportation (NDOT)
New Hampshire Dept. of Transportation (NHDOT)
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation (NJDOT)
New Mexico State Highway & Transportation Dept. (NMSHTD)
New York State Dept. of Transportation (NYSDOT)
North Carolina Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT)
North Dakota Dept. of Transportation (NDDOT)
Ohio Dept. of Transportation (ODOT)
Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation (ODOT)
Oregon Dept. of Transportation (ODOT)
Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation (PENNDOT)
Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP)
Rhode Island Dept. of Transportation (RIDOT)
South Carolina Dept. of Transportation (SCDOT)
South Dakota Dept. of Transportation (SDDOT)
Tennessee Dept. of Transportation (TDOT)
Texas Dept. of Transportation (TXDOT)
Utah Dept. of Transportation (UDOT)
Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTRANS)
Virginia Dept. of Transportation (VDOT)
Washington Dept. of Transportation (WSDOT)
West Virginia Dept. of Transportation (WVDOT)
Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation (WisDOT)
Wyoming Dept. of Transportation (WYDOT)
National Forest Sources - Good sources for regional gis data. Data is usually buried in links.
NORTHERN
REGION (MT, ND, ID, WY,
SD)
Bitterroot National Forest, Hamilton, MT
Clearwater National Forest, Orofino, ID
Custer National Forest, Billings, MT
Flathead National Forest, Kalispell, MT
Gallatin National Forest, Bozeman, MT
Helena National Forest, Helena, MT
Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Kootenai National Forest, Libby, MT
Lewis & Clark National Forest, Great Falls, MT
Lolo National Forest, Missoula, MT
Nez Perce National Forest, Grangeville, ID
Bighorn National Forest, Sheridan, WY
Black Hills National Forest, Custer, SD
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, Delta, CO
Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests, Laramie, WY
Nebraska National Forest, Chadron, NE
Oglala National Grassland, NE
Pawnee National Grassland, Greeley, CO
Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Pueblo, CO
Rio Grande National Forest, Monte Vista, CO
Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest, NE
San Juan National Forest, Durango, CO
Shoshone National Forest, Cody, WY
White River National Forest, Glenwood Springs, CO
SOUTHWESTERN REGION(AZ, NM)
Carson National Forest, Taos, NM
Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, NM
Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff, AZ
Coronado National Forest, Tucson, AZ
Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM
Kaibab National Forest, Williams, AZ
Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo, NM
Prescott National Forest, Prescott, AZ
Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM
Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, AZ
Boise National Forest, Boise, ID
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Jackson, WY
Caribou National Forest, Pocatello, ID
Curlew National Grassland, Pocatello, ID
Dixie National Forest, Cedar City, UT
Fishlake National Forest, Richfield, UT
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests, Sparks, NV
Manti-La Sal National Forest, Price, UT
Payette National Forest, McCall, ID
Salmon-Challis National Forests, Salmon, ID
Sawtooth National Forest, Twin Falls, ID
Targhee National Forest, St. Anthony, ID
Uinta National Forest, Provo, UT
Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake City, UT
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Honolulu, HI
Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA
Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, CA
Eldorado National Forest, Placerville, CA
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Inyo National Forest, Bishop, CA
Klamath National Forest, Yreka, CA
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Lassen National Forest, Susanville, CA
Los Padres National Forest, Goleta, CA
Mendocino National Forest, Willows, CA
Modoc National Forest, Alturas, CA
Plumas National Forest, Quincy, CA
San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, CA
Sequoia National Forest, Porterville, CA
Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Redding, CA
Sierra National Forest, Clovis, CA
Six Rivers National Forest, Eureka, CA
Stanislaus National Forest, Sonora, CA
Tahoe National Forest, Nevada City, CA
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION (WA, OR)
Regional
Office,
Portland, OR
Colville
National Forest, Colville, WA
Crooked
River National Grassland, Madras, OR
Deschutes
National Forest, Bend, OR
Fremont-Winema
National Forests , Lakeview, OR
Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, Vancouver, WA
Malheur
National Forest, John Day, OR
Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mountlake Terrace, WA
Mt. Hood
National Forest, Gresham, OR
Ochoco
National Forest, Prineville, OR
Okanogan
National Forest, Okanogan, WA
Olympic
National Forest, Olympia, WA
Rogue River
National Forest, Medford, OR
Siskiyou
National Forest, Grants Pass, OR
Siuslaw
National Forest, Corvallis, OR
Umatilla
National Forest, Pendleton, OR
Umpqua
National Forest, Roseburg, OR
Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest, Baker City, OR
Wenatchee
National Forest, Wenatchee, WA
Willamette
National Forest, Eugene, OR
National Forests in Alabama, Montgomery, AL
Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, KY
Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests, Gainesville, GA
Cherokee National Forest, Cleveland, TN
National Forests in Florida, Tallahassee, FL
Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests, Columbia, SC
Kisatchie National Forest, Pineville, LA
National Forests in Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Tombigbee National Forest, Ackerman, MS
George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Roanoke, VA
Ouachita & Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Hot Springs, AR
National Forests in North Carolina, Asheville, NC
National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Lufkin, TX
Angelina National Forest, Lufkin, TX
Caddo-LBJ National Grasslands
Davy Crocket National Forest
Sabine National Forest
Sam Houston National Forest
Allegheny National Forest, Warren, PA
Chequamegon / Nicolet National Forest, Park Falls, WI
Chippewa National Forest, Cass Lake, MI
Green Mountain / Finger Lakes National Forest, Rutland, VT
Hiawatha National Forest, Escanaba, MI
Hoosier National Forest, Bedford, IN
Huron-Manistee National Forest, Cadillac, MI
Mark Twain National Forest, Rolla, MO
Monongahela National Forest, Elkins, WV
Ottawa National Forest, Ironwood, MI
Shawnee National Forest, Harrisburg, IL
Superior National Forest, Duluth, MN
Wayne National Forest, Athens, OH
White Mountain National Forest, Laconia, NH
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Wilmington, IL
ALASKA REGION (AK)
Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK
Cordova Ranger District
Glacier Ranger District
Seward Ranger District
Tongass National Forest
Admiralty Island National Monument
Hoonah Ranger District
Juneau Ranger District
Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
Sitka Ranger District
Yakutat Ranger District
Craig Ranger District, Craig AK
Ketchikan Ranger District, Ketchikan, AK
Misty Fiords National Monument, Ketchikan, AK
Thorne Bay Ranger District, Thorne Bay, AK
Petersburg Ranger District
Wrangell Ranger District
CARIBBEAN REGION (PR, USVI)
AnacapaGIS
Map Library
Channel Islands -
CIRGIS
Gates Of The
Arctic National Park & Preserve (National Park
Service)
Caribbean GIS Data
PROCIG - Central American Geographic Information Project
GIS Caribbean Map Data
Other
unsorted Federal, State, and Local Data -
Mostly California and western state
data
California Coastal Commission Publications
California Central Coast Joint Data Committee (CCJDC)
Calif GIS - Catalog Listing
Washoe County NV GIS Program - Free County Geospatial Data
PAGIS Project - GIS Resources
Collinssoftware listings - Free GIS Data Sorted
CIESIN Dataset Guide - Geo referenced Population Data Sets of Mexico
ASU GIS LAB - DATA PORTAL
California - Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program - a GIS data clearing house
Western Forests - Region 5 - GIS Clearinghouse
Sierra Peaks Regional Data
State Lands Commission, Resource Management GIS - Catalog Description
Stanford Univ - GIS Data Site of the Week
Statewide Database
U.S. & Mexico GIS Data
GAP Analysis Program ftp download Page
Location and Maps
GIS data and resources over the Internet
GIS Data, Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service
NOAA Ocean Datasets
USGS DOQ listings and order info
Sea floor data
Shuttle Radar Topography Data Sites
NOAA Coastal Relief Model
CalFish DF&G - Data Download Site
Southern California Association of Governments :: Data and GIS Links
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
Stanford Univ Websites for Digital GIS Data
On line Earthquake GIS Database Library
NOAA MAP Files extractor
PIMA Arizona Regional Data Center
GAP Analysis Program ftp data download Page
NEW MEXICO RGIS FTP
1:250,000-scale Land Use Land Cover for Arizona
ICEMAPS2 - A Mapping Service @ The Information Center for the Environment
Cadastral Sites
GIS data warehouse, spatial data: spatialhydrology.com
GIS Data Sets
GIS center: Software Development
GIS data warehouse, spatial data: spatialhydrology.com
OceanPortal : Top > DATA RESOURCES
Mapdawg's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Data Site
FreeGIS.org
GNS; Country Names
Idaho Dept. of Lands - GIS Links
Regional Ecosystem Office - Information Center/Library
GIS Data Links
RMRS Boise GIS Data
NOS Data Explorer
CCMA: Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment
MacGPS Pro Digital Map Library
GIS Data Links
CA BLM Site
GeoMAC Fire Data (Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination) - Wildfire Support
GIS Data - US/Mexico Border Transportation Planning - FHWA
National Association of Regional Councils :: GIS
GIS sources for ArcHydro in southern Africa
**** Digital Chart of the World Data FREE ****
NGDC/WDC MGG, Boulder-SOEST/NOAA High-resolution Shoreline Database
NOAA/NGDC/MGG-GLOBE Project: Get GLOBE Data Tiles
NOAA/NGDC-GLOBE DEM: 11.G.viii. Importing into ESRI's Arc/INFO
USGS HYDRO1k Home Page
GLCF: Earth Science Data Interface
MapAbility.com - V1map World Data
Country shape files
MapWindow GIS - Using the MapWindow Application
FreeGIS.org
Geoscience Australia
National Atlas - USGS Free Data
NOAA's National Weather Service
Interactive Web Maps from SGSI
Conservation GIS Center - Arctic Related Maps
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Wildlife Conservation
PGDM GIS Data Distribution Page
Federal & State Government GIS Resources
County of Kern, GIS Download Data
GIS data and resources over the Internet
Websites Associated with Clearinghouse
San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers & Mtns. Conservancy - Catalog Description
Sites with Data for GIS or Mapping
Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)
Shipwreck Database
University GIS
Dept.s
Dept. of Geography at
the University of Auckland
Dept. of
Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University
of Cape Town
Dept. of
Geography at the University of Edinburg
Dept. of
Geography at the University of South Carolina
Geography at the
College of Social Sciences, Hawaii
Geography Resources Page of the Dept. of Geography at the
University of South Carolina
Dept.
of Geography at the Utah State University
Dept. of
Geography at the University of Miami
Dept. of Geography
at the University of Western Ontario
Dept. of
Geography at the University of Southern California
Dept. of Geography at
the University of California at Santa Barbara
Dept. of
Geology and Geography at Hunter college of the city
University of New York
Dept. of
Geography at the George Mason University
Dept. of
Geography at Syracuse University
Dept.
of Geography at the University of Texas at Austin
Dept. of
Geography at the Ohio State University
Dept. of
Geography at the Florida State University
Dept.
of Geography and Planning at the South West Texas State
University
Dept. of
Geography at the University of Canterbury, New
Zealand
Dept. of Geography at
the University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of
Geography at the Free University of Berlin
Dept. of Geography at
the University of Toronto
School
of Geography at the University of NSW Sydney
Australia
School of
Geography at the University of Leeds
Geography
Teachers' Association of Victoria (Melbourne,
Australia)
Dept.
of Geography at Indiana University
Institute
of Cultural Geography, University of Freiburg,
Germany
Dept. of
Geography, Michigan State University
Dept. of Geography,
Salem State College
Dept. of
Geography, University of Montreal
Dept. of
Geography, University of Reading
Dept.
of Geography, Loughborough University
Dept. of
Geography, University of Kentucky
Dept. of
Geography, University of Oregon
Dept. of
Geography at Buffalo State College
Geography
sites listing at the Dept. of Geosciences, Oregon State
University
Dept. of
Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
Faculty of
Environmental Studies, Waterloo University
Dept. of Geography,
University of Minnesta, Duluth
Dept. of
Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dept. of Geography at
the University of Lethbridge
Dept. of Geography at North Harris College, Houston
Texas
Dept. of
Geography at the University of Illinoi,
Urbana-Champaign
SGSG -
Socialist Geography Specialty Group of the association of
American Geographers
Dept. of Geography,
University of Zurich
Dept. of Geography,
University of Iowa
Dept. of Geographical Sciences, University of
Plymouth
Dept. of
Geography, Kansas State University
Dept. of
Geography, University of Washington
Dept. of Geography,
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dept. of
Geography, York university, Toronto, Canada
Dept. of
Geography, University of Essen, Germany