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Geographic Data and Maps at Colorado College
By Where Data Reside
Data on GIS Server

Data on GIS Server

  • Contact Matt Gottfried @ 719-389-6130 or Matt.Gottfried@ColoradoCollege.edu, if you have troubles finding or accessing data on the GIS server.
  • Some of the data are subject to restrictions in data distribution and/or data usage. Please contact Matt Gottfried if you want to redistribute the data or use the data for non-education/research purpose.
  • You should ALWAYS make a copy of the data you want to use to your user folder (how to access my user folder?). Your GIS projects should NEVER reference to data stored at this central GIS data depository (Why?).

GIS data is grouped by geographic regions at root level:

Data are grouped by regions based on the geographic extent covered by the data. Therefore, you may find data for the state of Colorado in folders USA_States", "USA", and "World" .

Data from national mapping products, e.g., USGS DEM, USGS DRG, NAIP, are split up by states and placed in USA_States folder.

Currently, there are 14 regions. Additional regions may be added when data become available. Note that data for Colorado College and surrounding area are placed in folder "ColoradoCollege".

Africa North_America
Asia South_America
Australia USA
Canada USA Cities
Europe USA States
Germany World
Mexico ColoradoCollege

Root level folders with names beginning with _ do not store GIS data.

For each region, data is organized by subjects:

For example, Biology, Boundary, Census, Environment, Hydrology, Imagery, Index (USGS 24k quads, UTM zones, etc.), Transportation.

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Data off GIS Server

Due to license restrictions, please DO NOT MAKE COPIES.

  • Time Series Research Package, including:
    2000 Census (long form, short form, short form blocks, redistricting, redistricting blocks)
    1990 Census (long form, short form blocks)
    1980 Census
    1970 Census at tract level
    Neighborhood Change Database (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 long form at tract level)
    1990 Census normalized to 2000 Census boundary
    1980 Census normalized to 2000 Census boundary

    from GeoLytics
    1 license
    Available for check out at Tutt Library
  • 2006 Estimates and 2011 Projections for Selected Census Variables
    from GeoLytics
    1 license
    Available at GIS Lab (in early July, 2006)

  • Business Demographics 2005
    from GeoLytics
    1 license
    Available at GIS Lab

  • Historical Business Demographics: 1998-2002
    from GeoLytics
    1 license
    Available at GIS Lab

  • Natural Scene Designer DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
    ** Access via Natural Scene Designer software
    • USA - 30m and 90 m
    • North America - 90 m
    • South America - 90 m
    • Africa - 90 m
    • Asia - 90 m
    • Australia - 90 m
    • Europe - 90 m
    • Middle East - 90 m
    Available at designated computer at GIS lab

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Government Datasets

These datasets are either downloadable or on data CDs we purchased. We are in the process of loading some of these data to GIS server for Colorado and the adjacent states. For assistance to acquire data not yet loaded to the server, contact Wei-Hsin Fu, Wei-Hsin.Fu@ColoradoCollege.edu or 719-389-6130.

DOQQ ( Digital Orthoimagery Quarter Quadrangles)
High Resolution Orthoimagery
NAIP (National Agriculture Imagery Program) Orthoimagery
DRG (Digital Raster Graphic, scanned USGS topographic maps)
DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
NED (National Elevation Dataset)
NLCD (National LandCover Dataset)
NHD (National Hydrology Dataset)
Hydrologic Unit Boundary Dataset
(8-Digit watershed boundary file for hydrologic units 1-4: : Region, Sub-region, Basin, Sub-basin)
WBD (Watershed Boundary Dataset)
(12-Digit watershed boundary file for hydrologic units 5-6: Watershed, Subwatershed)
NWI (National Wetlands Inventory)
SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic) Database
GNIS (Geographic Names Information System)
BTS (Bureau of Transportation Statistics) Roads
Global GIS
Prototype Global Shoreline Data (Satellite Derived High Water Line Data)
  • WBD (Watershed Boundary Dataset)
    1:24,000
    AGENCY: US Department of Agriculture
    COVERAGE: National, when complete
    See Status Maps to determine if data is available for your area
    LOCATION ON SERVER:
    USA_States\state_abbreviation\Hydro\Watersheds_12digit_24K
    DOWNLOAD SITES: USDA Geospatial Data Gateway

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Private Vendor Datasets

ESRI Data and Maps
Geolytics Census and Demographic Data
Natural Scene Designer DEM (Digital Elevation Model)

ESRI Data and Maps
Individual data layers are distributed to the corresponding region folders on GIS server. Original CDs will be available at Tutt Library soon.

Geolytics Census and Demographic Data
** All with single-use license, Please DO NOT make copies.

  • Time Series Research Package, including: (available for check-out at Tutt Library)
    2000 Census (long form, short form, short form blocks, redistricting, redistricting blocks)
    1990 Census (long form, short form blocks)
    1980 Census
    1970 Census at tract level
    Neighborhood Change Database (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 long form at tract level)
    1990 Census normalized to 2000 Census boundary
    1980 Census normalized to 2000 Census boundary
  • 2006 Estimates and 2011 Projections (coming in early July, 2006)
  • Business Demographics 2005 (available at GIS lab)
  • Historical Business Demographics: 1998-2002 (available at GIS lab)

Natural Scene Designer DEM
** Access via Natural Scene Designer software on a designated computer at GIS lab
** Single-use license. Please DO NOT make copies.

  • USA - 30m and 90 m
  • North America - 90 m
  • South America - 90 m
  • Africa - 90 m
  • Asia - 90 m
  • Australia - 90 m
  • Europe - 90 m
  • Middle East - 90 m

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Research Institution Datasets

Global Population Count/Density Data (Columbia University)

Global Population Count/Density Data
Institution: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) at Columbia University
Descriptions:
GRUMP builds on Gridded Population of the World, version 3 (GPWv3) by incorporating urban and rural information, allowing new insights into urban population distribution and the global extents of human settlements.
Two versions of data are available, adjusted for United Nation totals and not adjusted.
Coverage: World
Year: 2000, 1995
Resolution: 30 arc-seconds
Location on Server:
World\Population
Download Site:
Gridded Population of the World

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Colorado College Created Datasets

Colorado College Campus GIS Data

Colorado College Campus GIS Data
Various campus GIS data layers created and maintained by Keck GIS Commons
Location on Server:
ColoradoCollege\

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Last updated - July-10-2007