GIS
GIS Web Sites of Interest
NPS GIS Links
NPS Regional Offices
Inventory and Monitoring Sites
Regional GIS Data Links
Other GIS Links
NPS GIS Links
NPS GIS Homepage – National Park Service Geography and Mapping Technologies Page
(http://www.nps.gov/gis/)Inventory and Monitoring NR GIS Homepage – Inventory and Monitoring Natural Resources GIS page (http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrgis/Default.aspx)
NPS Global Positioning Systems (GPS) – This site provides information on the history of GPS, what is GPS, GPS system status, and differential corrections and base stations.
(http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/)NPS Remote Sensing – A variety of information about remote sensing and its technologies, including data and information, outreach and education, and NPS applications of these technologies. (http://www.nps.gov/gis/remote_sensing/)
NPS Data Clearinghouse – This link provides information regarding NPS GIS data and how to access it (http://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/)
NPS GIS Links – A variety of GIS links provided by NPS GIS.
(http://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/links.html)
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NPS Regional Offices
NPS Pacific West Regional Office
(http://www.nps.gov/pwro/)NPS Pacific Great Basin, Oakland Support Office
(http://www.nps.gov/pwro/pgso.htm)NPS Columbia Cascades, Seattle Support Office
(http://www.nps.gov/ccso/)NPS Alaska GIS Support Office – This site provides access to the Alaska GIS data clearinghouse, and a number of custom extensions for ArcView 3.2 and ArcGIS, including AlaskaPak extension for ArcView3.x, ArcView to Access link v2.0a, NPS sampling toolkit extension v1.0 beta, NPS AlaskaPak toolkit for ArcGIS v1.0 beta, and NPS ArcGIS to Access link tool v1.0 beta 1.
(http://www.nps.gov/akso/gis/)NPS Midwest Region GIS – The Midwest office provides additional custom controls and extensions for ArcGIS and MS Access programs, including NPS metadata tools extension for ArcGIS, metadata browser add-in for MS Access (2000 and XP), NPS grid tools extension for ArcGIS 8.x, and NPS custom controls for ArcGIS 8.x.
(http://www.nature.nps.gov/im/units/mwr/gis/)
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Inventory and Monitoring Sites
NatureBib – Access to the online bibliographic database (NPS login required)
(https://science1.nature.nps.gov/naturebib/)NRGIS Program Database – The NRGIS Program Database (PLD) is used to document bounding rectangles, simple lines, and points associated with geospatial data collection projects. The initial goal of the PLD project is to collect bounding rectangles for NPS areas of interest related to acquisition of MRLC, NED, and DRG data. The PLD will allow support office and park personnel to directly input and update project location reference data over the web (NPS intranet) without the need to distribute, collect, and roll-up numerous digital files and e-mails.
(http://science.nature.nps.gov/locations/)NR GIS Data and Metadata Store – The NR-GIS Metadata Database provides tools for park managers creating, uploading, and editing metadata online.
(http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata/index.cfm)Universal Web Login (UWL) Utility – The Natural Resource (NR) Universal Web Login (UWL) system provides an interface for NPS staff, cooperators, contractors, and partners to request access to each of these NR applications: GIS Project Locations, NR-GIS Metadata Database, NR-GIS Data Server, NatureBib, NatureBib Document Upload
(https://science1.nature.nps.gov/login/)
(back to top)Regional GIS Data Links
Crater Lake GIS Data Clearinghouse – This USGS site provides a variety of photos, information, maps, and digital GIS data for Crater Lake. Available GIS data layers are mosaiced for the 12 USGS 1:24,000 quads and have been projected to NAD 27 UTM. Data types available on the site include Digital Line Graphics (DLG’s), Digital Raster Graphics (DRG’s),Digital Orthographic Quadrangles (DOQ’s), and 10 meter Digital Elevation Models (DEM) merged with results of the 2000 bathymetry survey.
The California Spatial Information Library – This site provides a variety of regional datasets for California, including metadata. (http://gis.ca.gov/)
Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse – This site provides a variety of regional datasets for Oregon, including metadata. (http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EISPD/GEO/sdlibrary.shtml )
Oregon BLM Data Library – This site links to a variety of GIS layers maintained by Oregon Bureau of Land Management.
(http://www.blm.gov/or/gis/index.php )NRCS Data Gateway – The Geospatial Data Gateway provides natural resources and environmental GIS data including monthly mean and annual precipitation, tiger census data, DRG’s merged by county, FEMA flood data, and more. The Gateway allows you to choose an area of interest, browse and select data, customize the format, and download it or have it shipped on CD. (http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/)
USGS National Map - The National Map Seamless Data Distribution System provides a variety of data including National Elevation Dataset (NED), Urban Areas High-Resolution Orthoimagery, National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 1992, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), and MODIS NDVI Direct Broadcast.
(http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php )National Hydrographic Dataset – The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a comprehensive set of GIS data containing information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs and wells. The NHD is based upon USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) hydrography data integrated with related information from the EPA Reach File Version 3 (RF3). The NHD supersedes DLG and RF3 by incorporating them, but not by replacing them. Data is available at several scales, but not all data is currently available at the largest scales.
(http://nhd.usgs.gov/)Geodata.gov, US Maps and Data – This site provides access to GIS data in a variety of categories: Administrative and Political Boundaries, Soil Resources, Atmosphere and Climatic, Biology and Ecology , Business and Economic, and more…
(http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos)ESRI Geography Network – The geography network provides access to a variety of data for the United States and worldwide and provides a search tool to query for datasets. Using ArcGIS and a high-speed internet connection, much of this data can be added directly into ArcMap and overlain on data from your local drives or local area network (LAN).
(http://www.geographynetwork.com/)
(back to top)Other GIS Links
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) – This company produces some of the most widely used suites of GIS programs, the ArcGIS family.
(http://www.esri.com/)ArcScripts – This site provides a plethora of free GIS scripts, macros, and custom interfaces for ESRI software.
(http://arcscripts.esri.com/)ArcGIS Developer Online – Source of information for ArcGIS 9.x developers
(http://arcgisdeveloperonline.esri.com/ArcGISDeveloper/default.asp)ArcObjects Online – Source of information for ArcGIS 8.x developers
(http://arcobjectsonline.esri.com/)ArcIMS 9 Programmers Reference Guide – Source of information for developers using ArcIMS to serve up GIS data and maps over the world-wide-web.
(http://downloads.esri.com/support/documentation/ims_/ArcXML9/Support_files/arcxmlguide.htm)Leica Geosystems – ERDAS – This site is operated by a company that produces a comprehensive remote sensing package for analyzing multispectral data.
(http://www.gis.leica-geosystems.com/)Clark Labs – IDRISI – This site is operated by a company that produces a moderately priced remote sensing package for analyzing multispectral data
(http://www.clarklabs.org/)