At IU, what spatial data resources are available?

Indiana University spatial data resources

• Indiana Spatial Data Portal (gis.iu.edu)
  An interactive web site and archival system providing over 14 terabytes of Indiana geospatial data for download or online viewing. Datasets available statewide include aerial photos, infrared imagery, topographic maps, and digital elevation data; provided by UITS.
  
  
• GIS Atlas for Indiana
  Statewide interactive maps and free data downloads; provided by the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS)
  
  
• Indiana Water Quality Atlas
  Online interactive maps and information for watershed managers and the general public; provided by the Polis Center at IUPUI
  
  
• Electronic Atlas of Central Indiana
  Census data, environmental data, aerial photos, and historical maps; provided by the IUPUI University Library
  
  
• SAVI
  A comprehensive electronic database of mapped and tabular data about the Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which refers to Marion County and its eight contiguous counties: Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, and Hendricks; provided by the Polis Center at IUPUI
  
  
• STATS Indiana
  An information service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at IU's Kelley School of Business
  
  
• 24-hour GPS base station (CORS)
  Bloomington, Indiana GPS base station with downloadable base station files; provided by IU Physical Plant
  
  
• Northwest Indiana Center for Data and Analysis
  GIS assistance for northwestern Indiana, including training sessions, map creation, and metadata
  
  
• Northwest Indiana GIS Forum
  Enterprise GIS plan for Gary, Indiana

Additional spatial data resources

Local resources

• City of Bloomington GIS
  Bloomington's Map Gallery, including an interactive map and GIS data download site
  
  
• Monroe County GIS
  Interactive maps including parcel data, zoning, imagery, and much more. You must use Internet Explorer to view the web site.
  
  
• City of Indianapolis and Marion County GIS
  Interactive ArcIMS maps for Marion County
  
  
• Center for Advanced Applications in GIS (CAAGIS)
  Download site for a variety of Indiana datasets, sponsored by Purdue University

National resources

• ESRI maps and data
  Datasets for the world, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the US. All vector data is provided in SDC format and includes such layers as political boundaries, cities, rivers, and roads. Also available in this dataset are demographic data, StreetMap USA, elevation data, and world imagery.
  
  
• The Geography Network
  The Geography Network is managed and maintained by ESRI. You can access many types of geographic content, including dynamic maps, downloadable data, and advanced web services.
  
  
• USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
  The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides one-stop shopping for US natural resources or environmental data including climate, temperature, precipitation, soil surveys, topographic maps, aerial photos, and more. To quickly download US soil survey data one county at a time, see the NRCS Soils Data Mart.
  
  
• US Census Bureau
  Cartographic boundary files from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database; also available by interactive download from ESRI
  
  
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
  GIS data, satellite and aerial imagery, biological data, and interactive mapping links
  
  
• USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Data Warehouse
  NAWQA's Data Warehouse integrates data (more than 11 million records) on water quality, ecology, and hydrology across the nation, providing one of the largest nationally consistent online collections of water-quality data and associated information available.
  
  
• GIS Data Depot
  Provides many types of data such as DEM, DOQQ, FEMA, NWI, DLG, DRG, and TIGER datasets. Most require a small fee.
  
  
• GIS Climate Change Scenarios
  Datasets for analysis and mapping of global climate change from the National Center for Atmospheric Research
  
  
• Lat/Long to Elevation
  Given a user-supplied input file of latitude and longitude coordinates, this web application can determine the ground surface elevation at each point and write an output file containing this information for download. You don't need to download a DEM.

Also see:

• At IU, how can I obtain GIS and remote sensing software?
• At IU, where can I get help with GIS or remote sensing?
• At IU, in which STCs can I use GIS software?
• Why do I need a password to download some GIS data from the Indiana Spatial Data Portal?
• At IU, how can I access free GIS software?