Spatial Data Sources

Digital Data

Search & Clearinghouses

LMGTFY

"Clown Data Shapefile"

geotiff

geojson

geodatabase

etc...

earthworks.stanford.edu

data.gov

https://hub.arcgis.com/

Local  vs Cloud

Global  Spatial Data  Infrastructure

Google Earth Engine

OpenStreetMap

https://overpass-turbo.eu/

Natural Earth

Humanitarian Data  Exchange

U.S. National SDI

The U.S. National Map

TopoViewer

EarthExplorer.gov

Digital Elevation Models

http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/srtmdata/

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

National Hydrology Dataset

WWF Hydrosheds

NAIP

National Aerial Imagery Program

NLCD

National Landcover Database

NASS CDL

National Agricultural Statistical Service Crop Data Layer

National Wetlands Inventory

USDA Soils data

Digital Floodplain

Geology

Demographics

https://www.nhgis.org/

https://simplyanalytics.com

census.gov

planet.com

oldmapsonline.org

DavidRumsey.com

Let's talk about this Final Project Proposal

What your proposal should include:

• Spatial Question or Project Idea
• Bibliography of any published work you are referencing
• Brief description of the way you might answer your question
• Data Sources that you have identified as useful and type (digital, scanned maps, tabular, etc...)
• Software or platform you are interested in using
• What will the final product be (web map, datasets, print maps, etc...)

1 page, or 500 words!

Places to get ideas:

• Your other classes! Double-up!
• Your thesis, paper, current research, etc...
• A need in your community that can be addresses with spatial data
• Esri Map Book
• learn.arcgis.com