interesting GIS data

• NASA Global Change Master Directory

  • LAND SURFACE
    • LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE
  • BIOSPHERE
  • HUMAN DIMENSIONS

• thematicmapping.org

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Data currently being used in the CCCS 'master' project file:

Global

Global Administrative Areas http://www.gadm.org/

GADM is a spatial database of the location of the world's administrative areas (or adminstrative boundaries) for use in GIS and similar software. Administrative areas in this database are countries and lower level subdivisions such as provinces, departments, bibhag, bundeslander, daerah istimewa, fivondronana, krong, landsvæðun, opština, sous-préfectures, counties, and thana. GADM describes where these administrative areas are (the "spatial features"), and for each area it provides some attributes, such as the name and variant names.

A list of known problems with the GADM data is given here: http://www.gadm.org/problems

Russia

GIS-Lab, "VMap0 data" http://gis-lab.info/qa/vmap0-eng.html

«GIS-Lab — неформальное сообщество специалистов в области ГИС и ДЗЗ, развивающих себя и помогающих осваивать пространственные технологии тем, кому необходима помощь.»

Indonesia

Our data for Indonesia is partial. The source is:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5PjLADxo-pDMjMzVTRvVVAwYVE/edit?pli=1

(linked from http://www.geotekno.com/download-data-peta-administrasi-indonesia-podes/855)

USA

US Census Bureau

The cartographic boundary files are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER geographic database. These boundary files are specifically designed for small scale thematic mapping.

https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/cbf_counties.html