Datasets on this page were produced by ESRI, the makers of ArcGIS, in 2008. These datasets are copyrighted and may only be used for non-profit, educational purposes by current CUNY students, faculty, and staff. If you use this data, you must cite ESRI as the source. Distributing this data to others or use for commercial purposes is prohibited.
* Due to the license agreement some of the datasets cannot be distributed over the public internet. Current members of CUNY can contact the geospatial data librarian to access restricted datasets.
World
Data from 2008
| Name |
Features |
File Type |
Size |
Download |
| Admin boundaries (1st level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
5.6 MB |
admin.zip |
| Cities |
points |
shapefile |
144 KB |
cities.zip |
| Continents |
polygons |
shapefile |
2.5 MB |
continent.zip |
| Country boundaries |
polygons |
shapefile |
3.2 MB |
cntry08.zip |
| Country boundaries (generalized) |
polygons |
shapefile |
366 KB |
country.zip |
| Drainage |
lines |
shapefile |
147 KB |
drainage.zip |
| Lakes |
polygons |
shapefile |
129 KB |
lakes.zip |
| Lat and long grid |
lines |
shapefile |
155 KB |
latlong.zip |
| Regions |
polygons |
shapefile |
2.7 MB |
region.zip |
| Rivers |
lines |
shapefile |
317 KB |
rivers.zip |
| Time zones |
polygons |
shapefile |
377 KB |
timezone.zip |
| UTM zones |
polygons |
shapefile |
114 KB |
utmzone.zip |
| World 30 degree lat/long grid |
polygons |
shapefile |
38 KB |
world30.zip |
| World Wildlife Federation Maritime Areas |
polygons |
shapefile |
79 KB |
wwf_mar.zip* |
| World Wildlife Federation Territories |
polygons |
shapefile |
50 MB |
wwf_terr.zip* |
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Canada
Data from 2006
| Name |
Features |
File Type |
Size |
Download |
| Area codes |
polygons |
shapefile |
3.3 MB |
areacode.zip* |
| First Nations land |
polygons |
shapefile |
297 KB |
indnrsrv.zip* |
| Major cities |
points |
shapefile |
46 KB |
mjcities.zip* |
| Major roads |
lines |
shapefile |
897 KB |
mjrroads.zip* |
| Municipalities (3rd level level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
11.8 MB |
municplt.zip* |
| National parks |
polygons |
shapefile |
146 KB |
natlpark.zip* |
| Postal codes (centroids) |
points |
shapefile |
67 KB |
postal.zip* |
| Provinces (1st level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
2.8 MB |
province.zip* |
| Provincial parks |
polygons |
shapefile |
239 KB |
provpark.zip* |
| Railroads |
lines |
shapefile |
326 KB |
rails.zip* |
| Regional municipalities (2nd level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
4.9 MB |
regnmuni.zip* |
| Rural cities |
points |
shapefile |
59 KB |
rurcities.zip* |
| Urban cities |
points |
shapefile |
27 KB |
urbcities.zip* |
| Water |
polygons |
shapefile |
4.8 MB |
water.zip* |
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Mexico
Data from 2008
| Name |
Features |
File Type |
Size |
Download |
| Administrative areas (2nd level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
11.2 MB |
admin.zip* |
| Cities |
points |
shapefile |
125 KB |
city.zip* |
| Contours |
lines |
shapefile |
16.1 MB |
contours.zip* |
| Hydrography |
polygons |
shapefile |
13.7 MB |
hydro_p.zip* |
| Hydrography |
lines |
shapefile |
4.9 MB |
hydro_l.zip* |
| Railroads |
lines |
shapefile |
833 KB |
rails.zip* |
| Roads |
polygons |
shapefile |
5.9 MB |
roads.zip* |
| States (1st level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
4.5 MB |
states.zip* |
| Urban areas |
polygons |
shapefile |
610 KB |
urban.zip* |
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Europe
Data from 2008
| Name |
Features |
File Type |
Size |
Download |
| Cities |
points |
shapefile |
85 KB |
cities.zip* |
| Countries |
polygons |
shapefile |
27.8 MB |
country.zip* |
| Ferry routes |
lines |
shapefile |
107 KB |
ferries.zip* |
| Major lakes |
polygons |
shapefile |
11.4 MB |
mjrlakes.zip* |
| Major rivers |
polygons |
shapefile |
23.9 MB |
mjrrivers.zip* |
| Major roads |
lines |
shapefile |
35.7 MB |
mjrroads.zip* |
| Places |
points |
shapefile |
2.4 MB |
places.zip* |
| Provinces (1st level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
45.3 MB |
prov1.zip* |
| Provinces (2nd level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
44.2 MB |
prov2.zip* |
| Provinces (3rd level subdivs) |
polygons |
shapefile |
41.1 MB |
prov3.zip* |
| Railroads |
lines |
shapefile |
24.1 MB |
rails.zip* |
| Railroad stations |
points |
shapefile |
2.1 MB |
rr_stns.zip* |
| Roads |
lines |
shapefile |
62.0 MB |
roads.zip* |
| Urban areas |
polygons |
shapefile |
7.8 MB |
urban.zip* |
| Water |
polygons |
shapefile |
191.9 MB |
water.zip* |
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