Spatial Data
at MIT: on the web: data by theme: Hardware + Software
Teaching + Learning
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Social Science Data Services
US Census
GIS Lab
Rotch Library, building 7-238
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Online spatial data by State
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Washington D.C. | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
Alabama:
Alaska:
Alaska Geological & Geophysical Surveys
Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Arizona:
Arizona Geographic Information Council
Arizona Land Resource Information System (ALRIS)
Arkansas:
Arkansas Crime Statistics Arkansas Crime Information Center
Data & Research Arkansas Department of Health
Scorecard: Zip Code On-line Search Environmental Defense - Scorecard Information Service
Arkansas GAP Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), University of Arkansas
Mapping Agricultural Landuse in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission with Assistance from The Center for Advanced Spatial Technolgoies (CAST), University of Arkansas
Arkansas County Estimates (Agriculture) Arkansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Databases Center for Business and Economic Research
Arkansas Election Results Arkansas Secretary of State
Superfund Site Status Environmental Protection Agency
Census State Data Center Institute for Economic Advancement
California:
Alexandria Digital Library Project
Association of Bay Area Governments - Regional Data Center
California Digital Conservation Atlas: An online interactive mapping site with over 80 different natural resources or conservation planning data sets to view. The data cannot be downloaded at this point, but presumably will be in the future.
California Environmental Information Catalog
City of Los Angeles Interactive Maps
LUPIN: Spatial Data California Resources Agency
Northern California Earthquake Data Center: Seismological and geodetic data for the state. Includes links to data collections and data access.
Northern Sierra Nevada Geographic Information
California State Lands Commission
City of Sacramento - Maps and GIS
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)
SanGIS: a joint powers agency between the city and county of San Diego with responsibility for parcel and
street centerline mapping and provides access to many other gis layers. The data is updated monthly where applicable.
GIS Data Center for San Diego Fire Recovery Network: GIS data and information pertaining to the October 2003 Wildfires. Data in ESRI shapefile format.
Tijuana River Watershed GIS Database: The Tijuana River Watershed GIS Database provides both physical and human data which characterize this binational watershed. Data are gzipped Arc/Info export files
Colorado:
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) GIS Data
Colorado Natural Resources Online
Connecticut:
Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC)
Connecticut Maps hosted by the Department of Economic and Community evelopment.
Delaware
Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Delaware Data and Mapping Integration Lab
Spatial Analysis Lab University of Delaware
University of Delaware, Research and Data Management Services
Florida
Georgia:
Hawaii:
Idaho:
Illinois:
Chicago Area Geographic Information Study
Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Node
Indiana:
Indiana Geographic Information Council
Indiana Spatial Data Portal
Instructions for loading data from server directly into ArcMap (no downloading necessary)
Iowa:
Iowa Dept of Natural Resources Geographic Information System Library
Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support and Research
Kansas:
Kentucky:
Louisiana:
Atlas: Louisiana Statewide GIS
LIDAR
2004 Orthophotography
City of New Orleans GIS Data Portal
Louisiana Geographic Information Center
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO) Data Catalog
Katrina Mapping System - developed by the American Communities Project at Brown University
Hurricane Katrina Flood Recovery Maps and GIS data
FEMA: GIS: Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Declarations
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress: Hurricane Katrina: Social-Demographic Characteristics of Impacted Areas
Hurricane Response Mapping - Lousiana State University
2005 Louisiana Hurricane Impact Atlas (pdf)NOAA Hurricane Katrina Flood Maps
Maine:
Data Catalog Maine Office of GIS
Maryland:
Maryland Historical Trust: Geographic Information System
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Geospatial Data
Merlin Online (Maryland Environmental Resources and Land Information Network
Massachusetts:
Brookline Assessor's Property Database
City of Cambridge Assessment Office Property Database
Community Preservation Initiative
MA
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Among other topics, Community Preservation encompasses land and watershed
protection, affordable housing, historic preservation, economic development, and transportation.
Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS): allows you to search the Massachusetts Historical Commission database for information on historic properties and areas in the Commonwealth. Results include address and are downloadable in Excel Spreadsheet and PDF formats.
MassGIS
Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs
MIT Digital Orthophoto Browser
Boston Metro Planning Organization Data Resources
Traffic Volume Counts: The Massachusetts Highway Department conducts an annual trafic data collection program. This data is available online by autoroute and city/town.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, MA
Sea Floor Image Maps
GIS data
Michigan:
City of Detroit Community Maps and Information
Michigan Center for Geographic Information
Minnesota:
Minnesota Land Management Information Center
Minnesota Legislative GIS Office
Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC)
Mississippi:
Mississippi GIS Clearinghouse and Portal
State Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Missouri:
Montana:
Nebraska:
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada:
New Hampshire:
New Jersey:
New Jersey Geographic Information Network
GIS Digital Data Downloads Department of Environmental Protection
New Jersey Geological Survey Digital Geodata Archive
New Jersey Office of Community Affairs: Office of Smart Growth - Maps and GIS data
New Jersey Department of Transportation GIS & maps
New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority: Regional transportation planning data resources
New Mexico:
New York:
North Carolina:
North Dakota:
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Oregon:
BLM: Oregon/Washington Geographic Information System
Humbolt University's Spatial Data Library
J.H. Andrews Experimental Forest Data Catalogue
Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Pennsylvania:
Rhode Island:
South Carolina:
South Dakota:
Texas:
Perry Castaneda Map Collection, UT Austin
Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS)
TNRCC Geographic Information Systems
Texas General Land Office (GLO)
USGS Texas Mapping Partnership Office Office
City of Austin GIS Data available for Download
Houston-Galveston Area Traffic counts
UT Austin Community and Regional Planning
Dallas, Texas Interactive Maps
Dallas Fort Worth Interactive Maps
North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) GIS
Utah:
Vermont:
Virginia:
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
Geospatial & Statistical Data Center - University of Virginia Library
Washington:
EPA Region 10: The Pacific Northwest
Olympic National Resource Center
Washington State Geographic Information Council (WAGIC)
Washington State Geospatial Clearinghouse
Washington D.C.
West Virginia:
Canaan Valley Institute GIS Resources
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection GIS Server
Wisconsin:
Wyoming:
