Data
Dec 20th, 2011 by Benjamin Carl Mearns
General Purpose
- Esri Data and Maps. Go here, for more information. Or to download, go to UD GIS Software, under “ArcGIS Desktop Products”
- UD Library “Cartographic Resources, Maps, and Spatial Data” Research Guide
Some common data sources are listed below
- Local/County/State
- Neighboring States
- Pennsylvania: PASDA
- New Jersey: NJGIN
- Maryland: MSGIC Data Browser
- National
- US Census Fact Finder: Demographic Data
- US Census TIGER: Boundary files, places, etc.
- Geo.data.gov (formerly Geospatial One Stop): Data from many federal agencies
- USDA Geospatial Data Gateway: Hydrography (NHD, Watersheds); Topographic Images (DRG by NRCS); Elevation (NED 3/10/30 meter); Ortho Imagery (7.5′ Quads APFO, 2006/09/11 NAIP); Geographic Names; Land Use Land Cover (NLCD and Cropland Data); Geology; Soils (SSURGO, STATSGO); Easements (NRCS Conservation Easements); Precipitation (by state); Tempurature (by state).
Ortho Aerials for Delaware
- 2012: N/A
- 2011: NAIP, 1M, color-infrared (from USDA Geospatial Data Gateway)
- 2010: USGS/Aero-Metric/Delaware Regional Planning Commission, 1FT, color/leaf-off (from DE DataMIL)
- 2009: NAIP, 1M, color-infrared (from USDA Geospatial Data Gateway)
- 2008: N/A
- 2007: Sanborn/State of Delaware, 0.25m/1:2,400, color/color-infrared (from DE DataMIL)
- 2006: NAIP 1M (from USDA Geospatial Data Gateway)
- 2002: Earth Data/State of Delaware, 1m/1:2,400, color/color-infrared (from DE DataMIL)
- 1997: Earth Data/State of Delaware, 1m greyscale (from DE DataMIL)
- 1992: Earth Data/State of Delaware, 1m, color/color-infrared (from DE DataMIL)
- 1968: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, greyscale (from DE DataMIL)
- 1961: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, greyscale (from DE DataMIL)
- 1954: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, greyscale (from DE DataMIL)
- 1937: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, greyscale (from DE DataMIL)
Other Multispectral data
- MODIS On-campus server
- GloVis (USGS Global Visualization Viewer): Aerial (e.g., NAPP), ASTER, EO-1, GLS, Landsat, TerraLook, etc.. Also examples of imagery data in use … not sure how this differs from EarthExplorer
