The Government Documents and Microforms Department has
two work stations with ArcView GIS software installed,
and a color printer for creating maps. A variety of data
sets are available from the Census Bureau and other agencies'
CD-ROMs in the depository collection. Ask the Government
Documents and Microforms staff for help locating the data
you need. Help using ArcView can also be requested using
the online form,
or by contacting Timothy
Cash.
ESRI Virtual
Campus Classes are available to Georgetown students,
faculty and staff at no cost.
ArcView software is available for circulation. See the ArcView
Site License Fact Sheet for details.
GIS Starting
Points
GIS.com - ESRI (Environmental
Systems Research Institute) sponsored site featuring basic
information about a Geographic Information System.
ESRI - Home of the
ArcView suite of GIS products.
Selected
Federal Government GIS Web Resources
Federal
Geographic Data Committee - An interagency committee
which promotes the coordinated use, sharing and dissemination
of geospatial data.
National Geospatial
Data Clearinghouse (USGS Node) - Search over 100
spatial data servers that have digital geographic data.
Census - Geographic
Products, Services and Information - Area and population
statistics, Census Tract/Block Number codes, cartographic
boundary files, U.S. Gazetteer, etc.
Mapping and
Analysis for Public Safety - Crime data and maps
available from local law enforcement agencies.
GEO-Data Explorer -
Access, view, and download information from geospatial
databases produced by the U. S. Geological Survey and other
government agencies.
Envirofacts
Warehouse (EPA) - Retrieve environmental information
from EPA databases on Air, Chemicals, Facility Information,
Grants/Funding, Hazardous Waste, Risk Management Plans,
Superfund, Toxic Releases, Water Permits, Drinking Water,
Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence, and Drinking Water
Microbial and Disinfection Byproduct Information. Envirofacts
Query Form allows you to search multiple environmental
databases. National
Atlas of the United States - Create your own maps
with the National
Atlas Online interactive map browser. Download map
layers by ftp from the Map
Layers Warehouse.National
Park Service Geography and Mapping Technologies -
National and regional data sets, scenic and historic
trails, park boundary maps.
National
Resources Inventory - Covers non-federal land. Includes
data on land cover, land use, soil erosion, prime farmland
soils, wetlands, habitat diversity, selected conservation
practices and other natural resource information.
National
Transportation Atlas - Transportation facilities,
networks and services.
U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service - Spatial data includes the National
Wetlands Inventory and ECOS (Environmental
Conservation Online System).
Selected Commercial
and Academic GIS Web Resources
Cornell's Digital
Earth - Data collection for a digital geoscience
library. Contains easy-to-use tools to manipulate, access,
manage, analyze, map, and study the collected data sets.
ESRI
Downloadable Data - Ready-to-use demographic and
spatial data sets in a variety of formats.
Geography Network -
The Geography Network provides access to geographic content
from hundreds of organizations around the world. The content
ranges from dynamic map services that can be viewed online
to static geographic data sets that can be downloaded for
use with mapping software.
Geoplace.com -
Provides information about geospatial topics such as press
releases, GIS events, product reviews and GIS related journals.
GEOSTAT -
Geospatial & Statistical Data Center at the University
of Virginia. Geostat supports a wide range of academic
and scholarly activities through access to extensive collections
of numeric and geospatial data files; computing facilities
and software for data manipulation, research, and instruction;
and a suite of Internet-accessible data extraction tools. GIS
WWW Server - Information on all aspects of Geographical
Information Systems, GIS Dictionary, and links to other
servers.
Google Earth -
A web based GIS that provides a free version and enhanced
fee based versions. Contains satellite and
aerial images as well as census boundaries, geographic
features with locator capabilities, and commercial locations.
West Virginia
State University GIS Technical Center - Geospatial
Data Gateway of the USDA Natura lResources Conservation
Service . Contains: TIGER line files, Digital Orthophoto
Quadrangles , topographic Digital Raster Graphics, Digital
Elevation Models, Land Use and Land Cover, etc., already
by county, or by individual quads.
Government Documents
GIS Software
(Circulating copies available
to Georgetown students, faculty, and staff)
See ArcView Site License
Fact Sheet for details
ArcGIS
9.1 - Updated ESRI mapping software
packaged designed with a Windows 2000 or XP user
interface and includes Visual Basic for Applications
for customization.
ArcView consists of three desktop applications: ArcMap,
ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox. ArcMap provides data
display, query, and analysis. ArcCatalog provides
geographic and tabular data management, creation,
and organization. ArcToolbox provides basic data
conversion. Using these three applications together,
you can perform any GIS task, simple to advanced,
including mapping, data management, geographic analysis,
data editing, and geoprocessing.
ArcGIS Extensions - Specialized
software applications that work with ArcGIS 9.1, adding
functionality to the geodatabase.
ArcGIS
Spatial Analyst - ArcGIS Spatial
Analyst is integrated into the ArcGIS Desktop
interactive mapping environment. This allows
you to perform spatial analytical tasks such
as: surface analysis,terrain analysis, and map
algebra.
ArcGIS
3D Analyst - ArcGIS 3D Analyst provides
a suite of methods for interactive perspective
viewing and advanced tools for three-dimensional
modeling and analysis applications.
ArcGIS
Geostatistical Analyst - Geostatistical
Analyst allows users to create a surface from
data measurements occurring over an area where
collecting information for every possible location
would be impractical.
ArcGIS
StreetMap - StreetMap layers automatically
manage, label, and draw features such as local
landmarks, streets, parks, water bodies, and
other features. StreetMap can find nearly any
address in the USA by interactively matching
a single address or by batch matching from a
file of addresses.
ArcIMS - ESRI
package provides the foundation for distributing
high-end geographic information systems (GIS)
and mapping services via the Internet. ArcIMS
software enables users to integrate local data
sources with Internet data sources for display,
query, and analysis in an easy-to-use Web browser.
ArcSDE - The
GIS Gateway to Relational Databases. ArcSDE plays
a fundamental role in both multi-user and distributed
GIS systems. With ArcSDE your GIS software (ArcInfo,
ArcView, ArcIMS, and others) can work directly
with spatial data managed in a Database Management
System (DBMS).
ArcPad - ESRI's
ArcPad software is mobile mapping and geographic
information system (GIS) technology. ArcPad provides
database access, mapping, GIS, and global positioning
system (GPS) integration to users out in the
field via handheld and mobile devices.
ArcPad
Application Builder - You can perform
the following personalization and customization
tasks: create new toolbars that contain built-in
and custom tools, design custom forms to streamline
data collection in the field, write scripts that
automate tasks and interact with ArcPad software's
internal objects.
ArcGIS Military
Analyst - The ArcGIS Military Analyst
extension incorporates a suite of tools tailored
to provide easier access and usability for NIMA
(National Imagery and Mapping Agency) raster,
vector, and elevation data and significantly
enhances the effectiveness of core ArcGIS as
a tool for the military planner and intelligence
analyst.
ArcGIS
Schematics - ArcGIS Schematics automates
schematic and geoschematic graphical representations
of ESRI ArcGIS geodatabases, regardless of the
network (electrical, gas, telecommunications),
virtually any linear network.
ArcView
3.x - ESRI mapping sofware package.
ArcView provides tabular and spatial data visualization,
query, analysis, and integration capabilities along
with the ability to create and edit geographic data.
ArcView 3.x Extensions - Specialized
software applications that work with ArcView 3.x, adding
functionality to the geodatabase. ArcView 3.x. Extensions
are plug-ins that you can load and unload as you need them.
ArcView
Spatial Analyst - This extension
allows you to create, query, map, and analyze
cell-based raster data and to perform integrated
vector-raster analysis.
ArcView
3D Analysis - The ArcView 3D Analysis
extension enables users to create, analyze, and
display surface data.
ArcView
Image Analysis - ArcView Image Analysis
allows you to manipulate a broad range of readily
available image data types--including popular
satellite imagery, aerial photography, orthoimagery,
and other remotely sensed data.
ArcView
Network Analyst - ArcView Network
Analyst extension enables users to solve a variety
of problems using geographic networks (i.e.,
streets, highways, rivers, pipelines, electric
lines, etc.)
ArcView
StreetMap - ArcView StreetMap extension
provides a single CD-ROM that allows street-level
geocoding and display for the entire United States.
ArcPress
for ArcView - ArcPress for ArcView
extension is a graphics metafile rasterizer that
enables ArcView users to enhance their capabilities
for outputting high-quality maps.
Government
Documents GIS Data
ArcGIS
Business Analyst - U.S. census demographics
and extensive U.S. industry data on CD/ROM, an extension
for use with the ArcView 3.x mapping software. (Non-circulating)
BusinessMap - BusinessMAP
lends itself to a variety of marketing and sales applications.
Use BusinessMAP for territory design, demographic analysis,
customer prospecting, route planning, and more.
GeoLytics - Commercial
census data extraction software and data package designed
for easy customization of tabular reports and maps based
on census geographic boundaries. Supports SAS, SPSS,
MapInfo, ArcView and other software packages. Contains
data from the 1970 through the 2000 census. (Non-circulating)
ESRI Data & Maps CD/ROMs and DVDs - Demographic
and location data with spatial data (points, lines and
areas) packages that are included with the ArcView mapping
software. Includes U. S. census and international population
and boundary information linked to maps.
Depository CD/ROMs and DVDs - The Government
Documents Department receives many GIS related materials
from various agencies through the Federal Depository Library
Program. These include the TIGER line Census files, USGS,
NOAA, EPA, and more.
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Last Updated: 09/12/05
