Popular Web Sites for Data Compatible with Autodesk Land Desktop and Civil 3D

New York State GIS Clearinghouse:

www.nysgis.state.ny.us

The Clearinghouse, operated by the New York State Office for Technology, was established to disseminate information about New York's Statewide GIS Coordination Program and to provide access to the New York State GIS Metadata and Data Repository.

Originally developed as part of the Center for Technology in Government's GIS Cooperative Project, the Metadata Repository was created to provide one central location where State agencies and local governments can list the GIS data sets that they have. GIS users can browse the list, or search for specific keywords, to find out what data is available, who holds it, and how it can be obtained. In some cases, users will be able to go one step further, and download the actual data set.

In addition to these primary functions, the Clearinghouse provides information on and links to GIS education and training opportunities; other state and Federal GIS resources, including downloadable data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the USGS; GIS user groups throughout New York; and GIS-related listservs.

 

New York State GIS Repository at Cornell University

 http://cugir.mannlib.cornell.edu

CUGIR is an active online repository providing geospatial data and metadata for New York State, with special emphasis on those natural features relevant to agriculture, ecology, natural resources, and human-environment interactions. Subjects such as landforms and topography, soils, hydrology, environmental hazards, agricultural activities, wildlife and natural resource management are appropriate for inclusion in CUGIR. All data files are cataloged in accordance with FGDC standards and made available in widely used geospatial data formats.

 

  Connecticut Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC):

 http://magic.lib.uconn.edu

 MAGIC is an on-line library of digital geo-spatial data. MAGIC is the University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library's Map And Geographic Information Center:

A collection of digital data of Connecticut, in the public domain, available on the WWW:

  • Named streets with address ranges (1:100,000 TIGER, by county and town, vector data)
  • Census geography (i.e. block group, tract, 1:100,000 TIGER, by county and town, vector data)
  • 1970, 1980, & 1990 decennial census data (for town and tracts, by county, tabular data)
  • Population data (1:24,000 USCensus, tract and town, vector data)
  • Housing data (1:24,000 USCensus, tract and town, vector data)
  • Surficial Material (1:24,000 ConnDEP, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Drainage Basin (1:24,000 ConnDEP, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Soils (1:24,000 SCS, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Soils (1:250,000 SCS, state, vector data)
  • Hydrography (1:24,000 ConnDEP, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Land Use/Land Cover (1:24,000 ConnDEP, satellite imagery derived, town, vector data)
  • Roads (1:24,000 ConnDEP, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Roads (1:250,000 ConnDEP, state, vector data)
  • Streets (1:100,000 USCensus, county and town, vector data)
  • Town Boundary (1:24,000 USGS, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • Town Road Units (1:24,000 ConnDOT, town, vector data)
  • Tics (1:24,000 ConnDEP, 7.5 min. quad and town, vector data)
  • National Wetlands Inventory (1:24,000 FWA, 7.5 min. quad, vector data)
  • Digital Orthophotographs (1:12,000 USGS; quarter 7.5 min. quad, raster data)
  • Digital Raster Graphics (1:24,000 USGS; 7.5 min. quad, raster data)

 

 New Jersey Spatial Data Clearinghouse:

 http://njgeodata.state.nj.us

 The clearinghouse is operated by the NJ Office of Geographic Information Systems. The goal of this site is to provide New Jersey citizens and the GIS community with a comprehensive site to find and share GIS information, spatial data, interactive mapping applications and resources. The NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse is part of a national network of spatial resources that comprises the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). We hope the use of this site will promote communication among users, encourage data development partnerships, eliminate the duplication of data sets, and promote the utility of GIS and spatial data as decision support tools.

 

 New Jersey Geolological Survey Digital Geodata Archive:

www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata

 Basemap, groundwater, geologic and geophysical data.

 

New Jersey DEP GIS Web Page:

www.state.nj.us/dep/gis

 The mission of the Geographic Information System is to support and improve environmental management decisions throughout the DEP by:

  • facilitating integration of information and providing spatial analysis through GIS technology
  • simultaneously enhancing productivity and achieving cost savings
  • assisting departmental efforts to achieve cross media environmental protection, enhancing cross program information sharing and communication, and communicating effectively with the public by providing access to GIS tools and high quality geographic data
  • playing a key role in DEP efforts to integrate information resources, and in the development of an Environmental Master Plan
  • encouraging the establishment of a statewide network of public and private sector GIS partners to assist local planning, encourage data sharing, and broaden the base for data development.

Pennsylvannia Spatal Data Access (PASDA):

 www.pasda.psu.edu

 The Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse and the Commonwealth's node on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The PASDA clearinghouse provides for the widespread sharing of geospatial data, eliminates the creation of redundant data sets, and serves as a resource for locating data throughout the Commonwealth through its data storage, interactive mapping/webgis applications, and metadata/documentation efforts.

 

Mapmart:

 http://www.mapmart.com

 Aerial Photo, DEM and photogrammetric Data for purchase.

 

National Geodetic Survey:

 http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

 Online geodetic and coordinate transformation software.