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Geographic Information Systems

Geographic Information Systems (or GIS) are large datasets of information regarding geographic elements.

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The following is a list of sources of GIS information. The sources are listed in catagories such as "International/Worldwide, National, and State/Profidence. The listings within each catagory are listed alphabetically. As is prohibited by the User Agreement, please refrain from linking to for-profit data companies.

Data Sources

 

International/Worldwide Data Sources

 

National Data Sources

USGS National Map Viewer - data provided by the United States Geological Survey

GeoData - Large repository of nationwide geographic data

NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure

State/Province Data Sources

Massachusetts

MassGIS - Massachusetts stateside GIS dataset

BRA Models - 3D digital models of the city of Boston from the Boston Redevelopment Authority

Pennsylvania

PASDA - Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access

Open Source and/or free software

The following is a list of freely available GIS software. Please note the individual software license for each product. As is prohibited by the User Agreement, please refrain from linking to proprietary and/or for-profit software companies.

Index of open source and free GIS software:

opensourcegis.org - A large repository of open source GIS software sources.

GRASS - A very powerful open source GIS platform.

WorldWind - An Open source virtual globe similar to Google Earth. 

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