Geography 416A - Computer Cartography
Library Data Resources
Questions? Contact Chris Kollen, Geography Librarian (e-mail: kollenc@u.library.arizona.edu), phone: 621-4869, Office: Main Library A209
Arizona and Local Data -- Census Geography and Data -- Other U.S. Data -- Europe & World Data
Arizona and Local Data
Arizona Electronic Atlas -- provides access to vector data in shapefile format for boundaries, environmental, climate, species richness, water resources & floods, geology, mines & mineral resources, soils, and roads & railroads.
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ), Arizona -- provides access to image data, such as satellite imagery, DOQQs, DEMs, and DRGs for the Sonoran desert region, including the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico, and links to geospatial technology sites.
Pima County GIS Layers [GIS Computer, Information Commons] -- 2002 shapefile layers from Pima County.
Pima County Landbase AutoCAD Drawings [GIS Computer, Information Commons] -- 2002 AutoCAD drawing files from Pima County.
Pima County Land Information System [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet, older editions in Main Library] -- provides access to vector data for Pima County.
Census Geography and Data (United States)
U.S. Census CD 2000 Short Form [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- geography and data by state, county, census tract, block group, and zip code for the 100% count.
U.S. CensusCD 2000 Long Form [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- geography and data by state, county, census tract, block group, and zip code for sample data such as education, income, employment, ancestry, poverty, etc.
U.S. Census 2000 Short Form Blocks [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- census geography and data for the 100% county by block.
CensusCD neighborhood change database (NCDB) : 1970-2000 tract data [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 census geography and data by census tract as raw data and normalized data.
U.S. Census CD 2000 Redistricting Data [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- first released 2000 census data from national to block group level.
2002 Census of Agriculture -- download data as .dbf files that can be used with GIS software.
U.S. Census CD - 1970 [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- 1970 census geography and data for state, county, census tract, etc.
U.S. Census CD - 1980 [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- 1980 census geography and data for state, county, census tract, block group, etc. for both the 100% count and the sample count.
U.S. Census CD + Maps - 1990 [HA201 1990 .C42 Main] -- 1990 census geography and data for state, county, census tract, block groups, etc. for the 100% and sample counts.
U.S. Census CD Blocks - 1990 [HA201 1990 .C43 Main] -- 1990 census geography and data for blocks.
Other United States Data
ArcUSA [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- wide range of data from 1992.
ESRI Data and Maps [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- data available with ArcGIS software.
ESRI U.S. Street Database [GIS Computer, Information Commons]-- street level data that can be used for geocoding.
LandView VI: A Viewer for EPA, Census Bureau, and USGS Data and Maps (2003) [C 3.301:6 Gov't Docs CD-ROM Cabinet]
Europe and World Data
ArcAtlas: Our Earth [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- includes transportation, power plants, mining and manufacturing, soils, mineral resources, vegetation, land use, agriculture, geology, geomorphology, hydrology, reservoirs, glaciers, solar radiation, temperature, and precipitation.
ArcWorld [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] -- wide range of data from 1992.
Digital Chart of the World [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] and at http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/ -- provides access to transportation, hypsography (contour lines), hydrology, land cover, and vegetation data in .e00 format.
ArcEurope Basic Map [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] includes country and province boundaries, cities/towns, roads, railroads, lakes and rivers.
ArcEurope Demographics [Information Commons CD-ROM cabinet] includes country boundaries, demographics for countries and provinces (sex, births, deaths, households, dwellings, age), and purchasing power.