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Geographic Information Systems [GIS] at the U of A Library


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Arizona -- Other States/United States -- International

Arizona

Arizona Digital Sanborn Maps (UA only)
Large scale (detailed) maps of Arizona cities and towns showing building outlines, construction materials, heights, function street names, street widths, building use and house of block numbers. Dates available for each city or town varies. Coverage: 1886-1949.

Arizona Electronic Atlas
Interactive maps and data for Natural Resources, People/Society, Business/Economics, Environment/Population, Water Resources, Health/Crime, and Historic American Indian Areas.

Arizona GeoServer Internet Mapping Service (State Cartographers Office)
View control points, identify or select control points, search for NGS control, download NGS data and create printable maps.

Arizona Map (State Cartographers Office)
Includes political boundaries, rivers, lakes, township/sections, roads, railroads, USGS indexes, and wildfires.

Arizona Redistricting Maps
Provides various iterations of the redistricting maps, interactive version, printable version and ArcGIS shapefiles.

Arizona State Legislative District Map
Interactive map -- can zoom in on a particular area for additional detail

Bureau of Land Management (Arizona)
Includes historical survey plats

Defining the Southwest: Historical Maps

Historic American Indian Areas
I nteractive map of reservation boundaries and population data from 1870-2000, part of the Arizona Electronic Atlas

Mapping the Grand Canyon National Park

Maps of the Pimería: Early Cartography of the Southwest
Online exhibit of maps from the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century.

Maricopa County GIS Portal
Interactive mapping sites for Planning and Development, Flood Control, Assessor, Elections/Recorder, and Survey.

Phoenix: Bird's Eye View of Phoenix, c. 1885

Pima County Department of Transportation GIS
Access to Pima County GIS data and maps (via Autodesk MapGuide), such as parcel, street, wildland fire maps.

RangeView
Includes interactive geospatial tools for natural resource management.

Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER)
Includes maps, photographs, charts, reports, and metadata pertaining to SRER studies on vegetation, precipitation, grazing, soil, water, and more.

Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Maps
Includes maps you can view or print and a link to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan interactive map.

Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT)
Includes community information relating to residential and commercial real estate, neighborhood associations, voter precincts, highways, traffic, washes, and much more.

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission Mapping Service
Interactive mapping sites of health related data by border state (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas).

Yavapai County GIS Interactive Mapping

Other States/United States

American FactFinder
U.S. Bureau of the Census site for 1990 and 2000 census data, and the American Community Survey 2000-on.

Delaware DataMIL
An Internet mapping server that provides the most current base maps of Delaware.

EPA Enviromapper
Create maps by state, county, city, zipcode, or EPA region.

Inside Idaho

Provides geospatial data and spatial information about Idaho.

Lewis and Clark: Mapping the West

Make a Map with the National Atlas of Canada

National Atlas of the United States

Provides comprehensive map-like views of data collected by the U.S. Government, focusing on natural and sociocultural landscapes.

National Geographic's Map Machine

Wildfire Information - GeoMAC (Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group)

Social Explorer

A Tapestry of Time and Terrain - U.S. Lower 48 States

International

Afghanistan Geographic and Thematic Layers

AfricaMap

Australian Natural Resources Atlas

Provides latest information on the condition and management of Australia's natural resources.

Baltic Sea Region GIS, Maps and Statistical Database
Includes interactive map, metadata, and data in Idrisi, ArcInfo, ArcView, and MapInfo formats.

Harvard GeoSpatial Library