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Western US GIS Sites

ARIZONA:

Arizona State Lands Department - Information on availability and acquisition of GIS data from the State of Arizona.

CALIFORNIA:

The California Spatial Information Library - The State of California’s Mapping Coordinating Committee, GIS data resource site.

IDAHO:

Idaho GIS Data - Info on GIS Data from the Idaho Department of Water Resources.

MONTANA:

Montana State Library of Geographic Information - Montana’s GIS Data Offerings.

Montana Ortho Photos - Selected NAIP, USGS and other Aerial photograpty from MT.gov.

NEVADA:

University of Nevada W. M. Keck Research Information Center - Nevada based raster data and links to Nevada GIS resources.

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology - Digital Raster Graphic Files of 30x60-Minute Topographic Maps in Nevada.

NEW MEXICO:

New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System - Download or order data for the State of new Mexico.

OREGON:

Oregon's Geospatial Data Clearinghouse home page - Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (OGDC); offering gigabytes of free data for starting and enhancing Oregon GIS database’s.

UTAH:

Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center - Utah GIS data and Internet based interactive maps.

WASHINGTON:

The Washington State Department of Ecology - Download GIS Data for Washington State.

Washington State Geospatial Data Archive - University of Washington Libraries' Map Collection and Cartographic Information Services.

WYOMING:

Wyoming Spatial Data Clearinghouse - Spatial data for the State of Wyoming including statewide DRG’s and imagery.

Wyoming Natural Resources Data Clearinghouse - Data from the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center at UW.

REGIONAL:

Regional Ecosystem Office - The Northwest's Regional Ecosystem Office GIS page. Excellent resource for Oregon and Washington DRG, DEM's, and more.

EPA - Region - 10 - Access to the EPA's Pacific Northwest Region GIS data.

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General GIS/GPS/Mapping Resources

USFS GPS BASE STATIONS- US Forest Services GPS base stations page. Differential corrections data sets available, also listing of additional GPS base station operations.

GISnet BBS' MapInfo Support Page- Bill Thoen’s invaluable resource page for MapInfo users, now maintained at Directionsmag.com.

NOS MapFinder - Download coastal aerial photography, nautical charts, coastal survey maps, and more from this map driven site by NOAA.

Download GoogleEarth - Its here to stay and a must have for anyone with a high speed Internet connection.

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Forestry Resources

USFS Fusion LiDAR processing Software - Freeware from the Forest Service for LiDAR data analysis and visualization.

MapInfo/Forestry Users Group Links - Favorite links of the MapInfo/Forestry Users Group.

USFS Cruising Software - A variety of Free utilities from the US Forest Service for use with Pocket PC's to collect cruise data and tally trees.

CyberTracker - Free PocketPC based, GPS enabled field data collection and mapping system. Supports ESRI Shape files.

The Stand Visualization System - SVS. - View and display timberstand data and characteristics in a 3D mode.

The Rural Technology Initiative - Affiliated with the University of Washington, this site offers free forestry software, links and other resources for the forester.

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Public Safety Resources

CAMEO - Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations. NOAA and EPA developed software tools for management of emergency operations. Includes links to mapping tools and data as well.

FGDC Homeland Security Working Group - Details and downloadable fonts for Emergency Response mapping applications.

CrimeStat III - CrimeStat is a spatial statistics program for the analysis of crime incident locations.

MAPS - Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety - Site provided by the National Institute of Justice.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - Qurey and download criminal justice data from a vast source of archives.

Crime Reduction Toolkit - Ideas and resources for Crime analysis from the UK.

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