NR 322: Acquiring Data Jim Graham Fall 2008 Chapter 5
Vector Data Sources USGS National Map Seamless Server National Weather Service GoeCommunity MapMart Tree Ring Database GBIF I3 GIS.com
National Map Seamless Server Mostly common rasters Have to download small datasets
GIS Data Depot GeoCommunity Commercial Good for county-level basic data Free for small datasets Pay for CD-ROM or fast download
National Weather Service Search for “National Weather Service Shapefile”
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Tree Ring Database htmlhttp:// html
Colorado Oil and Gas Convervation Commision gas.state.co.us/infosys/Maps/gismain.cf mhttp:// gas.state.co.us/infosys/Maps/gismain.cf m Search on “oil well shapefile colorado”
Successful Hunts Individual resource units: –Escalante National Monument Individual states: –Wyoming Individual cities: –Fort Collins Knowledge specific sites: –Tree Ring database ESRI Data set (World Atlas)
Tips to Acquiring Data Know what you need Be as flexible as you can be Search during quite time ☺ Write down: –Where you have been –What worked –What didn’t Ask! Check the data and the metadata