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Useful Links
For complete class content (including lecture slides), please login to the eCampus site for this class: http://ecampus.wvu.edu
Miscellaneous
Instructions for installing ESRI Education Edition ArcGIS software
West Virginia Data Links
| WV GIS Technical Center |
Access 200+ data layers for West Virginia, including aerial photography, DEMs, and more. Also includes internet map viewers. To download data, click on
GIS Data in menu. |
| WV DEP |
WV Department of Environmental Protection datasets, KML files, GIS data, including many frequently updated mining related layers. |
| WVU Bureau of Business & Economic Research (BBER) |
WV BBER. Includes links to census data, county socio-economic data for WV. |
US and World Data Links
General Index Sites |
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| Links - Stanford Library |
Links to datasets worldwide, organized by region/country/state |
| Links - Mass GIS |
Links to datasets worldwide, organized by region/country/state |
| USGS Land Cover Institute |
Links to US and worldwide land cover and related datasets. |
Nationwide Starting Points
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| USGS National Atlas |
Download datasets for use in GIS applications from many categories: biology, climate, agriculture, etc. See "Mapping Professionals" link to access data. |
| USGS Seamless Data Warehouse |
Download DEMs, land cover, transportation, boundaries, hydro, other seamless datasets. |
| NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway |
Access to data layers by county/counties, including aerial photography, watershed boundaries, soil survey data and more. |
Specific Topics |
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| Census Data |
U.S. Census Bureau. See American Fact Finder section. |
| Census Data - NHGIS |
National Historical Geographic Information System. Provides free access to census and GIS boundary files for the U.S. |
| National Elevation Dataset (NED) |
Nationwide Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), download data from USGS Seamless Map Server (see above) |
| National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) |
Nationwide surface water database, download data, related tools, and documentation here. |
| National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) |
Land cover data for the nation, from 1992, 2001, and 2006. To download, see USGS Seamless Data Warehouse (above) |
| National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) |
From US Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| SSURGO Soils Data |
Available from NRCS, usually by county units. |
GIS Advice, Tips, Training
| ESRI Virtual Campus |
WVU has a subscription covering the classes listed here (they're free). To sign up for a class, send an email with the name of the class you wish to take to Jackie Strager. |
| ESRI Online Support Center |
Online search engine for advice and downloads related to ESRI software including ArcGIS/ArcView. |
| Color Brewer |
Online tool for selecting map color schemes for various purposes. |
Online GIS Tools and Viewers
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