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Finding GIS DATA

  • GIS Data Depot
    This commercially run site provides free downloads of GIS data. Updatesand lots of GIS resources are also available.
  • Geography Network
    This ESRI sponsered site allows users to access a growing amount of industry and business data previously unavailable.
  • U.S. Census Tiger Mapping Data
    This Census Bureau site makes all 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census boundary files available for download in a variety of GIS formats.
  • U.S. Geospatial One-Stop
    Web portal allowing access to geospatial data from various levels of government in the United States.
  • USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
    This USGS site is a centralized location where USGS data products are available.

Oregon

  • Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (OGDC)
    OGDC is the main source for GIS data pertaining to Oregon. Coverages include roads, vegetation, rivers, watersheds, and even some Census boundaries with attribute tables. Data is used extensively by state departments and agencies. All files are in the state Lambert projection. Both ArcView (shapefile .shp) and ArcInfo files (E00) are available and metadata is provided for most files.
  • Regional Ecosystem Office (REO)
    REO is the best source for Oregon base mapping, such as Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs) which are digital 7.5 minute sheets and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). One drawback is the files are in the Universal Transverse Mercator projection and are not easily usable with OGDC data. Please speak with the UO Map Librarian to acquire DRGs and DEMs in Lambert projection.
  • InfoRain
    InfoRain provides information and GIS data on local watersheds, estuaries and forests. The focus is on western Oregon and Washington.
  • Oregon Coast Geospatial Clearinghouse
    This rapidly growing site features downloadable data from the Oregon coast.
  • Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
    The BLM has GIS data pertaining to BLM lands including wetlands and historic fire data
  • Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
    The ODF provides GIS data for Oregon forests including fire data and forest management.

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