Geographic Information Systems [GIS] at the U of A Library
Arizona Maps & GIS Resources
Datasets & Spatial Data
- 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, list of related UA courses, and links to geospatial technology sites.
- Arizona Electronic Atlas (University of Arizona Library)
The Atlas provides the ability to create, manipulate, and download accurate and current maps and data. Data available to download is in shapefile format. - 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 Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
Online maps services (Land Ownership maps) and GIS data.
- Arizona Map (State Cartographers Office)
Includes political boundaries, rivers, lakes, township/sections, roads, railroads, USGS indexes, and wildfires.
- Arizona NBII Data Services (National Biological Information Infrastructure)
Provides access to a wide range of geospatial data -- preview data as a .gif, view metadata, or download.
- 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.
- Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quad for Arizona
Provides access to the DOQQs for Arizona, has about 1/3 of the state. You can preview the image, view the metadata or download. The Library has created a Guide to Using the DOQQs from the ARIA site.
- Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (AGIC)
Search for digital geographic data based on its location, time period of content, full-text, and fielded search, in English and in Spanish. The Arizona node includes metadata from the following agencies: Arizona Land Resources Information System (ALRIS), Arizona Game & Fish Department, USGS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Pima County Department of Transportation, and Yavapai County.
- Maricopa County GIS Portal
This portal takes you to map sites for Planning and Development, Flood Control, Assessor, Elections/Recorder, and Survey.
- Pima County Department of Transportation GIS Homepage
Access to Pima County GIS data and maps (via Autodesk MapGuide), such as parcel, street, wildland fire maps. Also contains links to other local GIS maps such as the Pima County Assessor maps, Floodplain maps, Subdivision Plat maps, and Preliminary Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan maps.
- RangeView
This University of ArizonaCollege of Agricultue website utilizes geospatial tools for natural resource management.
- 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.
- Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan Maps
Includes maps you can view or print (in .pdf) and a link to the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan interactive map.
- Spatial Datasets Available from the UA
- Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT)
This site contains a wealth of 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). - Wildfire Alternatives (WALTER)
A University of Arizona interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at improving our understanding of the processes and consequences of interactions among wildfire, climate, and society.
- Yavapai County GIS Interactive Mapping
Historical Maps
Legislative Districts
