Geographic Information Systems: Data

Connect to the Imaging Center drive in the Catalog window of ArcMap by clicking on the Connect to Folder button and typing in \\netapp.bcis.bates.edu\ImagingCenter
Includes street map data for geocoding.

Data can be downloaded, or you can add the map server within ArcMap by going to the Catalog window, clicking on Add ArcGIS Server under GIS Servers, and pasting in https://gis.maine.gov/arcgis/rest/services under Server URL.

In ArcMap, search for Esri Maps & Data by Group, then click on Esri Maps & Data. These datasets can be loaded directly from Esri servers onto your desktop.

Over 8 million geographical features with name, feature class, and latitude and longitude.

Generalized boundaries for political and physical features in shapefile format. Useful for map-making but not for applications requiring precision. Can also be downloaded as subsets from Trimble Data Marketplace.

Search across geospatial data available through the federal government and contributing state and local governments.

Searches across data collected by sites in the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network