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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the U of A Library
For assistance, contact Chris Kollen at kollenc@u.library.arizona.edu
Spatial Datasets
Arizona -- Other States -- United States -- International
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Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC)
ARIA: Arizona Regional Image Archive
ARIA provides access to image data, such as satellite imagery, DOQQs, DEMs, DRGs for the Sonoran desert region, including the US Southwest and northern Mexico.
Download and view a wide range of geospatial data (shapefiles).
Arizona Historic Census Geodatabase
Download historic geospatial data (shapefiles) for cities/towns, American Indian Reservations, county subdivisions, and city wards.
Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
Online maps services (Land Ownership maps) and GIS data.
Southern Arizona Data Services Program
Provides access to a wide range of geospatial data -- preview data as a .gif, view metadata, or download. Must be on campus to access.
Bureau of Land Management (Arizona)
Provides access to geospatial data as ArcInfo coverages (.e00), survey plats and field notes, and GPS data.
Conservation Science (The Nature Conservancy)
Provides access to geospatial data and documents generated by the Nature Conservancy's Conservation Science Program.
Pima County Department of Transportation GIS
Access to Pima County GIS data and maps , such as parcel, street, wildland fire maps. Also contains links to other local GIS maps such as the Pima County Assessor maps, Floodplain maps, an Subdivision Plat maps.
Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER)
This University of Arizona College of Agriculture website contains maps, photographs, charts, reports, and metadata pertaining to SRER studies on vegetation, precipitation, grazing, soil, water, and more.
Other States
Louisiana Geographic Information Center
New Mexico Geographic Information Systems Advisory Council
North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
Texas Natural Resource Information System
United States
ArcGIS Online
Share, find, and use GIS content across the Web; access free maps and reference layers; find, purchase and download imagery into ArcGIS.
ESRI U.S. Street Database [UA Main Library on GIS Computer in the Information Commons]
Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
Cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers and geospatial boundary files.
Census TIGER (U.S. Census Bureau)
Download the 2000-2008 TIGER/Line files in ArcGIS shapefiles.
CensusCD Neighborhood Change Database: 1970-2000 tract data [Located in the UA Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census CD - 1970 [Located in the UA Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census CD - 1980 [Located in the UA Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census CD + Maps - 1990 [Located in the UA Main Library HA201 1990 .C42]
Census CD Blocks - 1990 [Located in the UA Main Library HA201 1990 .C43]
Census CD 2000 Short Form [Located in the Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census CD 2000 Redistricting Data [Located in the Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census 2000 Blocks [Located in the Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Census 2000 Short Form Blocks [Located in the Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Basins (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Can download data for performing watershed and water quality based studies.
GeoCommunicator (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
Provides searching, accessing and dynamic mapping of data for federal land stewardship, land and mineral use records, and land survey information. GeoCommunicator provides spatial display for land and mineral cases from BLM's LR2000 system.
Geography Network (ESRI)
Online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps and data, from many of the world's leading providers.
Land Survey Information (U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
Geographic information from the BLM's Geographic Coordinate Data Base (GCDB) representing the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) of the United States.
National Atlas (U.S. Geological Survey)
Provides comprehensive map-like views of data collected by the U.S. Government, focusing on natural and sociocultural landscapes. The data can be downloaded for use in GIS software in shapefile format.
National Map (U.S. Geological Survey)
Includes data on boundaries, elevation, ortho-imagery, land use, land cover, transportation, geographic names, hydrography, and structures. The maps created can be viewed and printed, and the data can be downloaded.
National Map Seamless Server (U.S. Geological Survey)
View and download data from US (National Map) and international. Draw box around the area you want to download data. If your box is too large, will get an error message.
Geospatial One Stop (GOS)
National Hydrography Dataset (USGS and EPA)
National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Maps, Imagery, Data, & Analysis
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin (NOAA) Bathymetry, Topography & Relief
Download nautical charts, bathymetric maps, and a variety of ocean survey data.
NOAA Nautical Charts
Includes current nautical charts that you can download in a variety of GIS formats and historical charts available as image files to either view or download.
SocioEconomic Data and Application Center (SEDAC )
Includes 1970-1990 census boundaries and data, Central American vegeation data, China data, environmental data, Georeferenced population datasets of Mexico, world population data, distribution of species, and urban satellite imagery.
U.S. GeoData (U.S. Geological Survey)
Includes 1:24,000 and 1:250,000 Digital Elevation Model, 30 meter National Elevation Dataset, 1:2,000,000 and 1:100,000 Digital Line Graph, Land Use/Land Cover, National Land Cover Data, and National Hydrography Dataset.
International
ArcAtlas [Located at the UA Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database
Includes interactive map, metadata, and data in Idrisi, ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo formats.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Includes 1970-1990 census boundaries and data, Central American vegeation data, China data, environmental data, Georeferenced population datasets of Mexico, world population data, distribution of species, and urban satellite imagery.
Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
Also on CD-ROM at UA Main LibraryInformation Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet
ESRI Data and Maps [UA Main Library Information Commons Reference CD-ROM cabinet]
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC)
Satellite data, some is available for download, other for purchase.
Free GIS Data (Directions Magazine)