1. NR 322: Acquiring Data Jim Graham Fall 2008 Chapter 5

2. Vector Data Sources USGS National Map Seamless Server National Weather Service GoeCommunity MapMart Tree Ring Database GBIF I3 GIS.com

3. National Map Seamless Server http://seamless.usgs.gov/ Mostly common rasters Have to download small datasets

4. GIS Data Depot http://data.geocomm.com GeoCommunity Commercial Good for county-level basic data Free for small datasets Pay for CD-ROM or fast download

5. National Weather Service Search for “National Weather Service Shapefile”

6. World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Tree Ring Database http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering. htmlhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treering. html

7. Colorado Oil and Gas Convervation Commision http://www.oil- gas.state.co.us/infosys/Maps/gismain.cf mhttp://www.oil- gas.state.co.us/infosys/Maps/gismain.cf m Search on “oil well shapefile colorado”

8. 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)

9. 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