Geographic Information Systems

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

Remote sensing data, including elevation and vegetation.

This can be downloaded as a shapefile by county or state via Geospatial Data Gateway, or smaller areas via Web Soil Survey, or by basin via this webmap.

Particulate matter data based on satellite imagery.

Biological and physical spatial datadownloadable in shapefile or GRID format. U.S. emphasis, but some international data sets.

Data on the status and location of species and ecosystems.

Shapefiles and data for the historical U.S. Census.

Data on human interactions with the environment.

Night-time light images, frequently used as a proxy for economic activity. Annual, 1992-2013.

Cropland data.

Downloadable data of streets and other features, world-wide. For non-U.S. locations, this can be handy.

Can be downloaded via the National Map website.