Spatial Data
at MIT:
data 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
Transportation Data
State of MA
USA
International
- ESRI Data and Maps
- ESRI StreetMap Premium: Europe
- Global GIS
- Digital Chart of the World (on Global Planner dataset)
- Nortad
- Binational Border Transportation Planning & Program Process
- Open street Map
MIT Libraries Research Guide for Transportation (for journal articles): http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=12642
The datasets listed each have different strengths for different types of projects.
ESRI Data and Maps - Location: Rotch Library - GIS Collection
Selected data is also available in the
MIT Geodata Repository
- Highways
- Major Roads
- Street Map USA includes detailed streets and is good for geocoding (mapping a table of addresses as points on a map). If you are mapping with ESRI software this is the easiest street source to use because there is a built in address locator file.
- Highways
- Railways
- Major Roads
- Roads
- Railroads and railroad stations
- ferries
ESRI StreetMap Premium: Europe - Location: Rotch
Library - GIS Collection
Selected data is also available in the
MIT Geodata Repository
Detailed transportation data (including streets and highway), land cover, and land use for Europe.
MASSGIS - state of MA only
Executive Office of Transportation-OTP Roads
Highway Exits and Routemarker Locations
Census 2000 TIGER Roads
1:5,000 Road and Rail Centerlines
Trains
MBTA Rapid Transit
Airports
Ferry Routes
Seaports
Boston Harbor Water Taxi Stops
Tollbooths
Park and Ride Lots
Traffic Counts:
Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): has an
online interactive map that will let you zoom in on an area
and download traffic count data from 1969-2006 in shapefile format.
The site also offers PDFs maps of "Daily Traffic Volume and Volume to Practical Capacity" at:
http://www.bostonmpo.org/bostonmpo/4_resources/3_data_resources/gallery.html
MA Department of Transportation (DOT): MA DOT lists data by
town on a webpage and does not provide a download option. The locations appear to be the
same as but the years listed are different (a bit more recent).
TIGER Files - Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system
The TIGER/Line files are a digital database of geographic features, such as roads, railroads, rivers, census statistical boundaries, etc. covering the entire United States. The data base contains information about these features such as their location in latitude and longitude, the name, the type of feature, address ranges for most streets, the geographic relationship to other features, and other related information. They are the public product created from the Census Bureau's TIGER database. TIGER files can be used as a detailed detailed street source and for geocoding. They are available from:
- Census Bureau website has multiple releases and formats: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
- ESRI website: http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/tiger_download.cfm
- TIGER files from various years are also available on cd in the Rotch Library census collection
National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD)
Location: Rotch Library - GIS Collection | G1201.P1.N83 | CDROM | 1997,1999-2007
Selected data is also available in the
MIT Geodata Repository
Also available online through the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Location Rotch Library - GIS Collection | DVDROM G3201.A25 2003.G56
Selected data is also available in the
MIT Geodata Repository
Contains roads and railroads at a 1: 1,000,000 scale, extracted from VMAP.
Digital Chart of the World on the Global Planner dataset
Location: Rotch Library -
Circulation Desk | DVDROM G3200 2004.T63
Selected data is also available in the
MIT Geodata Repository
Contains roads and railroads at a 1: 1,000,000 scale. The Global GIS roads and railroads is a later update with more records.
North American Transportation Atlas (NORTAD)
Rotch Library - GIS Collection | CDROM HE202.N598 1998
Also available online through
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Binational Border Transportation Planning & Program Process: includes downloadable base layers for mexico's transportation system in ESRI data format.
OpenStreetMap - Free, open source, WMS (web mapping service) website where people can post the street map information they have gathered and update other people's postings.
Download openstreetmap data in different formats: http://downloads.cloudmade.com/
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