Data Resources

While much GIS data can now be found online through a common internet search engine, the sites listed below are dependable, trustworthy sources of high-quality GIS data

Maine:

Maine Office of GIS Data Catalog: GIS Data for the state of Maine; primarily vector data but also some tables are raster datasets

Digital Atlas: Teaching tool available to all members of the University of Southern Maine community. Building on data from MEGIS and others, it was compiled and developed by USM Geographic Information Systems through the efforts of Matthew Bampton, Matthew Cadwallader, Jay Desmond, Sean Neely, and Michele Tranes.

MEDOT CORS Data: Locations of CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Stations) in Maine.

Osher Map Library collection Search:  Inventory of Online Resources from the Osher Map Library

Maine Department of Environmental Protection:  Access to Maine DEP GIS data.  It is a mix of Google Earth and Shapefile formats.

National:

GOS - Geospatial One Stop: Federal, State, and Local geographic data on a wide variety of topics

National Atlas: Vector, raster, and table data for the United States on a wide variety of topics

Geospatial Data Gateway: Elevation, imagery, soils data, and climate data for the United States

National Map Viewer: Elevation, land cover, and National Atlas data for the United States

American Fact Finder: Access to a wide variety of Census data for the United States; primarily tabular datasets

NOAA NGS CORS: National Locations of CORS

Global:

United Nations Environment Programme Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Data Portal: Vector and Raster data at the national, regional, and global scales

USGS Global Visualization Viewer: Landsat, ASTER, MODIS data among others; a reproduction fee is required for some datasets

USGS Earth Explorer: Satellite imagery and aerial photography, including Hyperion and ALI; a reproduction fee is required for some datasets

GLCF: Global Land Cover Facility: Satellite imagery and products derived from satellite imagery, e.g. Landsat, ASTER, etc.