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National

SUBJECT INDEX

General | Agriculture/Forestry | Biology | Census | Environment | Geology

Land Use/Land Cover | Meteorology | Recreation | Transportation | Water/Hydrology

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Federal Geographic Data Committee
An interagency committee that promotes the coordinated development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis via the National Spatial Data Infrastructure

• National Spatial Data Infrastructure
  Coordinates the sharing of geographic data, maps, and online services through an online portal, geodata.gov, that searches metadata held within the NSDI Clearinghouse Network

geodata.gov
One-stop for federal, state and local geographic data

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Agriculture/Forestry - Click on an arrow to go to a link

USDA Forest Service National Forest Inventory and Analysis Spatial Data Services
Created to facilitate access to FIA data without compromising the security of the plot locations or land owner privacy; connects geospatial data submitted by interested parties to the geospatial information collected by FIA

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Geospatial Information Branch
Administers Agency's activities related to the use of remotely sensed and other spatially referenced information for forcasting, estimation, and data presentation

USDA National Resources Conservation Service National Cartography and Geospatial Center
The mission of the NCGS is to provide the Natural Resources Conservation Service with technical leadership and expertise in the areas of cartography, aerial photography, imagery, natural resources data, geospatial technology, National Resources Inventory, and soil survey

USDA Risk Management Agency GIS Actuarial Maps
Provides shape files of the high risk or T-yield map layers of FCI-33 maps

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BIOLOGY - Click on an arrow to go to a link

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geographic Information Systems & Spatial Data
Offers access to FWS data sets and information

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Census - Click on an arrow or ICON to go to a link

U.S. Census Bureau home

• Online Guide to Cartographic and Geographic Resources
  PDF guide with links to all of the U.S. Census Bureau's cartographic and geographic resources
• American FactFinder
  Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
• Census Bureau Geography
  The integrating factor for all U.S. Census Bureau products; the framework on which the data rest
• Maps and Cartographic Resources
  Contains links to the U.S. Census Bureau's map products, boundary files and online mapping resources
• Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System - TIGER Map Service
  The TIGER Map Service was developed in 1995 as an experiment in Web-based mapping; still contains some useful data and maps, but mostly replaced by American FactFinder

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ENVIRONMENT - Click on an arrow to go to a link

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) home

• FEMA Mapping and Analysis Center
  Provides national level Geographic Information System (GIS) support and coordination to the Federal Emergancy Management Agency (FEMA); includes maps of areas affected by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency home

• Envirofacts Data Warehouse
  Provides access to several EPA databases that provide information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States
• Enviromapper
  Allows users to map various types of environmental information, including air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites

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Geology - Click on an arrow to go to a link

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Data Download
Downloadable ata sets for use in geographical information systems (GIS) for analysis and integration with other geospatial data

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LAND USE/LAND COVER - Click on an arrow to go to a link

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State of the Land
Provides data and analysis on land use, soil erosion, water quality, wetlands, and other issues regarding the conservation and use of natural resources

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METEOROLOGY - Click on an arrow to go to a link

NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data In Information Service (NESDIS)
Per its homepage, "provides timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life"

NOAA National Ocean Service Data Explorer
Offers interactive mapping tools that allow users to locate NOS products in any area in the United States and its territories through a metadata catalog, including imagery

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RECREATION - Click on an arrow to go to a link

National Park Service Geography and Mapping Technologies: Geographic Information Systems
Provides downloadable data and information related to the National Park Service

National Park Service Natural Resource and GIS (NR-GIS) Metadata and Data Store
Manages and shares natural resource and GIS metadata and data generated by the Natural Resource and Servicewide GIS Programs of the National Park Service

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TRANSPORTATION - Click on an arrow to go to a link

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics home

• Geographic Information Services (GIS)
  National resource for transportation spatial data and analysis that utilizes Geographic Information Systems (GIS); includes downloadable maps and the National Transportation Atlas database

WATER/HYDROLOGY - Click on an arrow to go to a link

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Regional

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Regional GIS data is also available in the NATIONAL section

Maps and GIS of the Great Lakes Region
Provides a place where people can find and submit digital data for areas within the Great Lakes region; site has four major parts: GIS Datasets, Online Mapping, Map Gallery, and Resources

Geospatial Data and Analysis for Wildlife Refuge Management and Planning
Per their homepage, "the University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources is working cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 3 to develop geospatial data and analysis tools for use in wildlife refuge management and planning activities. Region 3 includes the eight states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Missouri"

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SURROUNDING STATES

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Resources in this section are produced by Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin state and local agencies. GIS data for for these states is also available in the NATIONAL section

Iowa Geographic Information Council
Fosters an efficient GIS environment through cooperation and coordination with public and private entities that access, collect, provide, and share data, metadata, applications and educational opportunities

Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Use query for metadata describing data available for download on the Iowa State University campus and links to popular data sources from state, federal and private organizations. The ISU GIS Support and Research Facility maintains an FTP server that mirrors many of the popular geospatial datasets published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and other state agencies

North Dakota Geographic Information Systems
Portal to North Dakota geospatial data and information

South Dakota GIS
Portal to South Dakota geospatial data and information

Wisconsin Department of Administration Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services
Provides a variety of Wisconsin-related data, including TIGER files

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources GIS
Access to Wisconsin DNR data

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Minnesota

Resources in this section are produced by Minnesota state and local agencies. GIS data for Minnesota is also available in the NATIONAL section

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Metropolitan Council
The regional planning agency serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area and providing essential services to the region

• GIS at the Metropolitan Coucil
  Supports the Council's planning, transit and environmental services activities through the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology; the department works very closely with MetroGIS to facilitate the sharing of GIS data among government agencies within the Twin Cites Metropolitan Area
  

Legislative Coordinating Commission Geographic Information Services
Repository of statewide boundary information for legislative use; maintains a map library of spatial information, provided by the Census Bureau and a host of Minnesota State agencies, that can be integrated with many sources of information to produce maps and reports of pertinent information for legislators and legislative staff

MetroGIS
Regional geographic information systems initiative serving the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minnesota) metropolitan area; provides a regional forum to promote and facilitate widespread sharing of geospatial data

• MetroGIS DataFinder
  Supplies GIS data and metadata for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources DNR Data Deli
Provides easy access to a wide variety of spatial data to the Minnesota GIS community at no cost, within the constraints of the Minnesota DNR GIS Data License Agreement

Minnesota Department of Transportation home

• BaseMap
  A planning level set of data developed at a scale of 1:24000. The data set includes information about transportation features (roads, railroads and navigable waters), as well as boundary information (State, County, and Municipal Boundaries, Mn/DOT District Boundaries, Civil, and Congressional Townships, State Forests and Parks, Military Reservations, Indian Reservation Lands, National Forests and Parks), and stream and lake locations
• Geospatial Data
  Includes maps and data related to right of way, parcels and railroads

Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC)
Serves Minnesota by helping other government and non-government organizations achieve better, faster, and more cost-effective results for the state through the creative use of GIS and other geospatial information technologies

• Minnesota Geographic Data Clearinghouse
  Serves as a convenient source for geographic data, ranging from simple state maps to complex geospatial data needed to power Geographic Information Systems; provides access to a wide variety of sources making it the first stop for geographic data for Minnesota

• Minnesota County Geologic Atlases
  County geologic atlases provide information essential to sustainable management of ground water resources, for applications such as monitoring, water allocation, permitting, remediation, and well construction. They define aquifer properties and boundaries, as well as the connection of aquifers to the land surface and to surface water resources. They also provide a broad range of information on county geology, mineral resources (including construction materials), and natural history. Many counties have the atlases available as GIS shapefiles.

Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
A forum for communicating information to, and improving cooperation among, those interested in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Land Information Systems (LIS) in the State of Minnesota

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