Spatial Data
at MIT:
Geodata Repository
data highlights:
on the web:
data by theme:
Hardware + Softwaredata highlights:
Teaching + Learning
Examples
Maps + Mapping
Social Science Data Services
US Census
Data Management & Publishing Guide
GIS Lab
Rotch Library, building 7-238
Contact Us
gishelp(at)mit.edu
MIT Geodata Repository
The MIT GIS Services maintains an international collection of GIS datasets covering a variety of information types including:
- US census data
- elevation
- transportation
- hydrographic (water)
- administrative boundaries
- building outlines
- parcel/ tax lot boundaries with detailed assessor property data
- land use/ land cover
- demographics
- digital topographic maps,
- satellite imagery
- aerial photography
- GeoWeb: search, view, and download data and view metadata using a standard
web browser
GeoWeb help videos - MIT Geodata Search Tool for ArcGIS software: search for GIS data and metadata and load GIS files directly into your
ArcMap project. We recommend this tool for anyone wanting to use the ArcGIS software package to create maps or use the many
tools provided for doing spatial analysis. In order to access the repository
using this tool you must create an account log in and password.
This tool runs on top of ESRI's ArcGIS software. The ArcGIS software and this search tool are already installed in the MIT GIS lab. If you do not see it when you open ArcMap you can turn it on by right clicking in the toolbar section of ArcMap and selecting it.
If you desire to use a computer that does not already have ArcGIS or the MIT Geodata Repository Search Tool installed on it then you can download them both here. Certificates are required to download, and ArcGIS only runs on Windows. Connection to MIT's VPN is required for off-campus use.
Note: Not all data in the MIT GIS Lab collection is available in the Geodata Repository. Additional data in the MIT GIS collection may be found on CDs and DVDs cataloged in Barton, the MIT Libraries online catalog. There is also a large amount of data available on the web, especially on government agency websites. Links to helpful websites for finding data have been listed in the "Spatial Data on the Web" section of this website.
The MIT Geodata Repository was created, by joint cooperation between the MIT Libraries and Information Services and Technology (IS&T) Academic Computing, in response to a cross-departmental need to store and manage spatial data layers. Policy for Adding Data to the MIT Geodata Repository |
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