GIS links for data and software

Local

• Yale University GIS - Visit this site first and often!
• Yale Digital Map Collection - May need to install LizardTech plugin
• Connecticut GIS Data - CT DEEP
• Connecticut Data - MAGIC: Map And Geographic Information Center at UCONN
• CT ECO - Connecticut Environmental Conditions Online
• CLEAR at UConn - Connecticut aerial photo mosaics - online
• Maine Office of GIS
• Massachusetts GIS Data - MassGIS
• New York GIS Data - NY GIS Clearing House
• Vermont Center for Geographic Information - VCGI

Federal

• National Atlas - Government source of national GIS data
• USDA Data Gateway - Another really good source af a lot of US data
• US Census Tiger Files - Lots of census track level data
• U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Like it says, statistical data
• Geographic Names Information System - (GNIS)
• Intro to GIS Poster by the USGS

Misc

• National Historic GIS - Create your own mashups from US Census data
• Free GIS, RS, and Hydrology Data - Blog with many useful links to data
• World Database on Protected Areas - International protected areas and parks - Register for free access
• International Water Management Inst. - Selected river basin data and imagery in Asia, Africa, and Middle East
• Best of the Web - GIS - Useful Internet links to GIS resources
• Map Projection Overview - Peter Dana - U. of Colorado at Boulder
  

Software

• ESRI - Maker of ArcGIS
• DIVA GIS - A free GIS program for the analysis of biodiversity data
• TatukGIS - Free GIS viewer and free coordinate conversion calculator. Also a GIS editor, SDK, and internet server

19 October 2011