Thursday, May 24, 2007

Florida DOT GIS Data Pages

This resource from FL DOT has a ton of GIS data available for download. Data are SHP files UTM 17; Datum: NAD 83 - see http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/
Share/Bookmark

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

new web site from FAO - GISFish

GISFish is a brand new Web site of the Aquaculture Conservation and Management Service (FIMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and a number of collaborating institutions. USers will find case studies, training opportunities, data sources, tools and freeware, news and events are featured. Material in GISFish is constantly updated and expanded. Near future improvements will include increased coverage of abstracts and of full papers. Additional links to Cultured Aquatic Species fact sheets will also be made available for each GISFish publication record in which scientific names of plants and animals are mentioned. See http://www.fao.org/fi/gisfish/index.jsp - be sure to check out the fine list of data resurces!
Share/Bookmark

BLM Township and Range data

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cadastral survey program is responsible for the official boundary surveys for all federal agencies in the U.S. that together manage over 700 million acres. The Public Land Survey System also called the Rectangular Survey System is the foundation for many survey-based land information systems Download PLSS GIS shapefiles. To select and download data, select the Map Viewer and Download button. See http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/lsis_home/home/index.html

Share/Bookmark

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Swivel serving up data goodies

Need data.. maybe you want to chase some political facts and figures, or maybe socio-economic data, or what about health stats... try swivel. this is an interesting and information-rich resource focused on data. Apparently the company is expanding and will be offering up more geodata but we'll have to wait for the announcement to be made at Where 2.0.. stay tuned for more on this one... See http://swivel.com/ or all data at http://swivel.com/data_sets

Share/Bookmark

DMTI Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) Buildings

The MDU data product is designed to help businesses improve the accuracy of marketing analytics, distribution and service provisioning. Characteristics such as building type, number of floors, unit numbers and additional information provide a level of detail required to drive precision decision making. The MDU product, which is housed and maintained within DMTI’s Location Hub™, provides detailed information about Canadian commercial, government and residential buildings. MDU buildings throughout Canada are identified, along with information such as building use, parking attributes, point of physical access, number of floors and total number of units. See http://www.dmtispatial.com/mdu/index.html
Share/Bookmark

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

TerraLook - was Protected Area Archive

TerraLook provides access to satellite images for users that lack prior experience with remote sensing or Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. It does this by combining collections of images on user-defined themes with a set of simple visualization and analysis tools, allowing the user to explore the data and employ it for useful purposes. The images include recent high-resolution ASTER images, plus Landsat images from several historical periods going back to the early '70s. Such historical data supports change analysis. See http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/terralook.asp see also http://edc2.usgs.gov/terralook/
Share/Bookmark

Arkansas Geostor 5

Are you famiiliar with the arkansas Geostor? If not then jump here and grab a ton of data including DRGs, DEM, TONS of Imagery and much more... http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/Portal/ftpaccess.htm
Share/Bookmark

Washington 10-meter DEM Locator

Need Washington State DEMs? Try this fine 10m DEM locator http://www.reo.gov/reo/data/DEM_Files/wash.htm
Share/Bookmark

Monday, May 14, 2007

Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC)

Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) - The Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) provides a wide range of Geographic Information System (GIS) support to the State of Utah. AGRC strives to facilitate coordination among Utah GIS users and effective, efficient use of GIS resources. http://agrc.its.state.ut.us/
Share/Bookmark

Nigeria maps and data source

This website is an online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps & data, from Nigeria's leading providers - Third Dimension Technologies: http://www.ceaser-web.com/cm/maps/DIRECTIONS/find_maps.asp
Share/Bookmark

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Data Import tool for MapPoint users

Visimation's GIS Data Import for Microsoft MapPoint utility enables GIS data to be viewed in MapPoint. Since MapPoint is considerably less costly than GIS systems, as well as much easier to use, MapPoint can provide the features that many users of geographic information need without the complexity and expense. Visimation's GIS Data Import for Microsoft MapPoint supports two of the most popular GIS file formats... ESRI ShapeFiles and MapInfo MIF file. After import, the lines and polygons from the GIS file will display in MapPoint. The Data Import utility's Shape Property Viewer is a floating window that will display any text information associated with the shapes in the original GIS file -see http://www.shapesource.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=140
Share/Bookmark