Indiana University

At IU, what spatial data resources are available?

Indiana University spatial data resources

  • Indiana Spatial Data Portal (gis.iu.edu)
    An interactive web site and archival system providing over 14 terabytes of Indiana geospatial data for download or online viewing. Datasets available statewide include aerial photos, infrared imagery, topographic maps, and digital elevation data; provided by UITS.

  • GIS Atlas for Indiana
    Statewide interactive maps and free data downloads; provided by the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS)

  • LakeRim Map
    This web site serves as a repository for GIS data for the Indiana counties adjacent to Lake Michigan.

  • Indiana Water Quality Atlas
    Online interactive maps and information for watershed managers and the general public; provided by the Polis Center at IUPUI

  • SAVI
    A comprehensive electronic database of mapped and tabular data about the Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which refers to Marion County and its eight contiguous counties: Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, and Hendricks; provided by the Polis Center at IUPUI

  • STATS Indiana
    An information service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at IU's Kelley School of Business

  • 24-hour GPS base station (CORS)
    Bloomington, Indiana GPS base station with downloadable base station files; provided by IU Physical Plant

Additional spatial data resources

Local resources

National resources

  • ESRI maps and data
    Datasets for the world, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the US. All vector data is provided in SDC format and includes such layers as political boundaries, cities, rivers, and roads. Also available in this dataset are demographic data, StreetMap USA, elevation data, and world imagery.

  • The Geography Network
    The Geography Network is managed and maintained by ESRI. You can access many types of geographic content, including dynamic maps, downloadable data, and advanced web services.

  • US Census Bureau
    Cartographic boundary files from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database; also available by interactive download from ESRI

  • USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
    The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides one-stop shopping for US natural resources or environmental data including climate, temperature, precipitation, soil surveys, topographic maps, aerial photos, and more. To quickly download US soil survey data one county at a time, see the NRCS Soils Data Mart.

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
    GIS data, satellite and aerial imagery, biological data, and interactive mapping links

  • USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Data Warehouse
    NAWQA's Data Warehouse integrates data (more than 11 million records) on water quality, ecology, and hydrology across the nation, providing one of the largest nationally consistent online collections of water-quality data and associated information available.

  • USGS Global Visualization Viewer
    USGS provides all archived Landsat scenes at no charge to all users. This includes Landsat 1-5 MSS Data and Landsat 4-7 TM data from the USGS/EROS Data Center. You will need to register for download access.

  • GIS Climate Change Scenarios
    Datasets for analysis and mapping of global climate change from the National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • GIS Data Depot
    Provides many types of data such as DEM, DOQQ, FEMA, NWI, DLG, DRG, and TIGER datasets. Most require a small fee.

  • Lat/Long to Elevation
    Given a user-supplied input file of latitude and longitude coordinates, this web application can determine the ground surface elevation at each point and write an output file containing this information for download. You don't need to download a DEM.

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