At IU, what spatial data resources are available?
Indiana University spatial data resources
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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.
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GIS
Atlas for Indiana
Statewide interactive maps and free data
downloads; provided by the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS)
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LakeRim Map
This web site serves as a repository for GIS data for the Indiana
counties adjacent to Lake Michigan.
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Indiana Water Quality
Atlas
Online interactive maps and information for watershed managers and the
general public; provided by the Polis Center at IUPUI
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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
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STATS Indiana
An
information service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at
IU's Kelley
School of Business
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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
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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.
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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.
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US Census
Bureau
Cartographic boundary files from the Census Bureau's
TIGER geographic database; also available by interactive
download from ESRI
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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.
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US Fish and
Wildlife Service
GIS data, satellite and aerial imagery,
biological data, and interactive mapping links
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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.
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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.
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GIS Climate Change
Scenarios
Datasets for analysis and mapping of global climate
change from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
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GIS Data Depot
Provides many types of data such as DEM, DOQQ, FEMA, NWI, DLG, DRG,
and TIGER datasets. Most require a small fee.
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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.
