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Data and Maps

City of Marysville
Snohomish County
Washington State
- Department of Ecology
- Department of Health
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Revenue
- Office of Financial Management - WA Census GIS data
- Fish & Wildlife Service
- Geospatial Clearinghouse
- Puget Sound Lidar Consortium
- UW: WA State Geospatial Data Archive - (WAGDA)
US National and World
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute)
- ESRI: ArcGIS map data - for various applications
- ESRI: ArcGIS Explorer map data (.nmf files)
NOAA
- NOAA: National Weather Service Data Portal - Shapefiles
- NOAA: Spatial Data Products for GIS - Satellite imagery
NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- NRCS: National Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database
- NRCS: National Water & Climate GIS data
- NRCS Climate Source - Prism Spatial Climate Data
US Census TIGER/Line and Shapefiles
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
US Fish & Wildlife Service - National GIS Datasets
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)
- USGS: Geographic Data
- USGS: National Geospatial Program - Data links to several data sources
- USGS: National Map Seamless Server - Free data downloads

GIS Terminology

GIS Tutorials

ESRI Virtual Campus - Self-paced GIS training online GIS courses
ESRI: ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 Tutorials
GIS Development: Tutorials
U of Arkansas: ArcGIS 9.2 Desktop Tutorial
MIT: Introduction to ArcGIS - ArcMap 9.x
MIT: Class Workshop on GIS - Lectures
U of W: ESRM 250 Class Lectures for ArcGIS 9.x
U of TX: ArcGIS 8.2 Desktop Tips and Tutorials
U of TX: Importing a USGS DEM for Use in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
NOAA: ArcView and ArcInfo Tutorials - Data downloads, LIDAR, grids, extensions, legends, etc
NOAA: Remote Sensing and GIS Tutorials - Table of Contents Links to lessons
USGS: Getting Started with a GIS - in ArcView 3.2 (see menu on left for data and tutorials)
USGS: Reading Topographic Map Symbols
USGS: Map Projections
AGI: ArcView 3.x Tutorial
Using ArcView 3.2 with Extensions - by George Wooten at Wenatchee Valley College
FEMA: Flood-Hazard Mapping Online Tutorials and Software
Gallery of Map Projections - by Paul B. Anderson
The Geographper's Craft
- - Dept. of Geography, U of Colorado, Bolder, Autors Kenneth E. Foote, and others
- Lecture and Study Notes - many clear examples and illustrations of GIS concepts
- What is a Good Map?

GIS Data, Software, and Tutorials

Resource Links

CalPoly: Robert E. Kennedy Library - GIS Resources
Stanford U Libraries - Websites for Digital GIS Data
U.S. Army GIS Resources - Links to a large variety of GIS related information
U of Arkansas Library: U.S. Geospatial Data - links by State
U of California, Berkeley: GISC - Current Datasets and Data Gateway
U of Oregon Libraries: US Maps and GIS Resources - Pacific Northwest Regional and US by State