Census Survey of Manufactures: Geographic Area Statistics

Just released by the US Census bureau... 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures: Geographic Area Statistics — State-level data for industry groups at the three-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) level. Includes statistics on employment, payroll, value added by manufacture, cost of materials consumed, value of shipments and total capital expenditures. See http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/am0531as1.pdf

Census Survey of Manufactures: Geographic Area Statistics

Boston Redevelopment Authority Digital 3D Models

Looking for some very cool 3D data for Boston? Check out these 3D design files from the city... Terrainns, buildings, bridges and more. 26 files (95 MBs) of digital 3D models are in AutoDesk VIZ 2005(6/7), 3DS and AutoCAD 2000 .DWG formats. See http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/BRA_3D_Models/Index.html

Boston Redevelopment Authority Digital 3D Models

GPSVisualizer plugin for Google Earth

TerraServer-USA data served to Google Earth - This is a KML Network Link (which acts somewhat like a plugin or extension) that allows you to view various alternate background overlays within google Earth. View Landsat imagery, Blue Marble data and even USGS topos (DRGs)... an awesome free plug-in for Google earth. See http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/misc/kml_network_link.html

GPSVisualizer plugin for Google Earth

Idaho DOT Transportation Department GIS Data

Just stumbled onto the Idaho DOT GIS section while searching for some innformation and located this free GIS data resource. Download a number of transportation layers from the site in sHP format - See http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/GIS/SpatialDataDownload.html

Idaho DOT Transportation Department GIS Data

Florida Geographic Data Library - FTP downloads and more

Looking for Florida GIS data? No qworries... this awesome resource provides FTP access to pretty much any data layers you can thionk of.. including DRG, DEM, DOQs, and much more! County Data Layers. (including Shapefiles, Aerial Photos, DRGs, DOQQ 3-meters) Shapefiles are under the "core" folder for each county. http://www.fgdl.org/download/ - there's also an ArcIMS metadata explorer/service available.

Florida Geographic Data Library - FTP downloads and more

Attractive wall map of Africa from California Geological Survey

The crew at the California Geological Survey has announced the preliminary release of its fifth wall map - a very attractive map of Africa. The map is approximately 42" x 47" in size and is based upon a Universal Transverse Mercator projection. The shaded relief terrain is based upon SRTM dems and the surface details come from MODIS satellite imagery. A. sample map in jpg format has been included for general scrutiny and can be seen at http://130.166.124.2/wall_maps/Africa_3.jpg - nice work!

Attractive wall map of Africa from California Geological Survey

Free data tip - USGS DEMs (SDTS) for the western states

A nice score here for those in need of USGS DEMs for the western states.... DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS OF THE WESTERN STATES . Simply click through the map UI, select an area of interest, then download the DEM
CALIFORNIA 7.5 minute DEMs by map (native format)

• CALIFORNIA 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• ARIZONA 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)COLORADO 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)IDAHO 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• MONTANA 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• NEVADA 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• NEW MEXICO 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• OREGON 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• UTAH 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• WASHINGTON 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
• WYOMING 7.5 minute DEMs by name (sdts format)
  Bookmark page - http://geogdata.csun.edu/page3/page3.html

Free data tip - USGS DEMs (SDTS) for the western states