This page provides a summary of public, freely available GIS repositories. Clicking on one of these links will take you out of the Baruch Geoportal and to onto one of these sites.
World
Natural Earth | High quality global features that are generalized at several scales; good for digital cartography. |
GADM | Spatial database of the world's administrative areas or boundaries (countries, states, provinces, etc) |
gData | Project at UC Berkeley that provides boundary files and imagery for every country in the world, tied to the DIVA GIS project |
UN Environment Programme - GEO Data Portal | Click "Advanced Search," select "Geospatial Data Sets" under the 1st drop down box, and hit the red "Search" button for a list of global or continental GIS files |
USGS Global Visualization Viewer | US federal agency that provides LANDSAT data (global satellite imagery) for the world |
United States
New York State and New York City
CUGIR | Cornell University's Geospatial Information Repository, with data for NY State, counties, and local areas |
NYS GIS Clearinghouse | State government depository that compiles GIS data produced at the state, county, and local levels for New York State. Includes ortho imagery / air photos. |
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BYTES of the BIG APPLE | The NYC Department of City Planning's page has administrative and political boundaries, streets, transportation networks, shorelines, and tax parcels |
NYC Open Data | This site culls together attribute and GIS data from several NYC departments and agencies |
Meta Sites (Global, National, and Local data)
OpenGeoportal | Community of geospatial professionals that share data and metadata from several repositories through a common, open source interface |
Geolode | A catalog of open geodata websites around the world, maintained by geospatial librarians |