Getting Geographic Data
GIS data Commercial Pay Free Government Internet Geography Network ArcGIS Online
Commercial vendors
Geodata.GOV
USGS: National Mapping
NOAA Weather and other data
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Historic Maps
Your Spatial Data “Rights” Public Domain? US Federal State Local (e.g. Portland, OR Metro) Other countries Protection for security Attributes vs. map data
Geography Network One location to search for GIS data Data can stay there Data can be downloaded Using the data Use browsers GIS functions Use your own GIS software Download free software Providers and consumers
Work with the data in web browser
No data on your computer
Use the data in ArcMap
Compare Online Data to Online Applications (week 6)