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1. Analysis of Glacier Hazard Potentials By Knowledge-Based Remote Sensing Fusion for GIS Modeling (AGREG) [UNIZH_AGREG]
Snow, glaciers and permafrost in cold mountain areas such as the Swiss Alps are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions due to their proximity to melting conditions. ...


2. Glacier Hazards: Online-database on historical glacier disasters [UNIZH_GLACIER_HAZARDS]
The online Glacier Hazards database available from the University of Zurich is available in german only. Information on historical and recent catastrophic events can be retrieved according to various ...


3. Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Database for the U.S. Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico Coasts [USGS_DDS-68]
Coastal Changes Due to Sea-Level Rise: One of the most important applied problems in coastal geology today is determining the physical response of the coastline to sea-level rise. Predicting shoreline ...


4. Hurricane Katrina Imagery from the NASA MODIS Rapid Response System [NASA_MODIS_RAPID_RESPONSE_KATRINA]
At the request of the U.S. Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the NASA MODIS Rapid Response System is providing daily geo-rectified images of the U.S. Gulf Coast region to assist in ...


5. USGS Map Service Showing Geology, Oil and Gas Fields, and Geologic Provinces of the Arctic [USGS_OFR_97_470_J]
The digitally compiled map includes geology, oil and gas field centerpoints, and geologic provinces of the Arctic (North Pole area encircled by 640 N Latitude). The GIS data sets were designed originally ...


6. NASA Land Information System (LIS) Data Sets [NASA_LIS_DATA]
The Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...


7. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI) Global GIS Database [Global_GIS]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic ...


8. Bathymetry Coverages for the Bering and Chukchi Sea Databases [USGS_ABSC_BERING_BATHY]
These bathymetry coverages were created to support marine animal research in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Polygon ARC/INFO coverages were generated from both digital and paper bathymetry sources. ...


9. Global Plate Boundaries in GIS Format [GEO_CORNELL_PLATES]
This data set contains the arcs delineate plate boundaries. These data are intended for use in making figures and illustrations. Topography and bathymetry data (EROS, 1996; Smith and Sandwell, ...


10. LANDFIRE National Products [LANDFIRE]
LANDFIRE National products comprise a set of 20+ digital maps of vegetation composition and structure; wildland fuel (crown and surface); and current departure from simulated historical vegetation ...


11. Sea Floor Maps Showing Topography, Sun-Illuminated Topographic Imagery, and Backscatter Intensity of Stellwagen Bank NMS Region off Boston, MA, USGS OFR 00-410 [USGS_OFR_00410]
This data set contains the sea floor topographic contours, sun-illuminated topographic imagery, and backscatter intensity generated from a multibeam sonar survey of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine ...


12. Sea Floor Topography and Backscatter Intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), Offshore of NY, Conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000, USGS OFR-00503 [USGS_OFR0503]   CHILD DIFs
The purpose of this project is to map the surficial geology of the sea floor of Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and changes in surficial characteristics over time. This GIS project presents ...


13. Geomorphology and Depositional Subenvironments of Gulf Islands National Seashore, Perdido Key and Santa Rosa Island, Florida [USGS_OFR_2010_1330]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is studying coastal hazards and coastal change to improve our understanding of coastal ecosystems and to develop better capabilities of predicting future coastal ...


14. Alaska North Slope 100 m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) [ARCSS301]
This data set is a 100-m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) for the Brooks Range and the North Slope of Alaska. The DEM was created by merging 100 National Elevation Dataset DEM tiles for areas ...


15. Point Barrow, Alaska and Vicinity Bathymetry [ARCSS031]
This data set contains bathymetry data for Point Barrow, Alaska, and its vicinity. A bathymetry grid was interpolated from depth soundings measured in meters below mean lower low water (MLLW) and ...


16. Geospatial Data from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources [MD_DNR_GEOSPATIAL]
The GeoSpatial Data Center from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will allow you to find natural resources related data for use in your Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ...


17. Water-Supply Potential of the Coastal Plain Aquifers in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties, Maryland, with Emphasis on the Upper Patapsco and Lower Patapsco Aquifers [smdadmin]
A study was conducted of the water-supply potential of the aquifer system in Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary's Counties. A ground-water flow model was developed that simulates water levels ...


18. United States Flood Risk Zones (GIS Coverage) [FEMA_Flood]
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency Digital Q3 Flood Data displayed here is developed by scanning the existing Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) hard copy and capturing ...


19. LANDSAT User Service of the Brazilian National Institute on Space Research (INPE) [LSATUSERV]
The Brazilian receiving station for Landsat data is located in Cuiaba, state of Mato Grosso, Midwest region: 56 degrees 5 minutes 30 seconds West longitude, and 15 degrees ...


20. Aquifer Sensitivity to Contamination by Nitrate Leaching in Illinois [IGDNR_NO3AQSENS]   CHILD DIFs
This data set was designed for statewide evaluation of agrichemical leaching characteristics and associated aquifer sensitivity to contamination. It was created to classify soils ...


21. Aquifer Sensitivity to Contamination by Pesticide Leaching in Illinois [IGDNR_PESTAQSENS]   CHILD DIFs
This data set was designed for statewide evaluation of agrichemical leaching characteristics and associated aquifer sensitivity to contamination. It was created to classify soils ...


22. Coarse-grained Materials Within 50 Feet of the Ground Surface in Illinois [IGDNR_ALLST_AQ50]
This map shows the distribution of coarse-grained materials and permeable bedrock within 50 feet of ground surface in Illinois. This includes bedrock, sand and gravel, and alluvial units ...


23. Glacial Boundaries in Illinois [IGDNR_GLCBND]
This is an Arc/Info polygon data set containing glacial boundary lines representing the extent of glaciation for major glacial episodes in Illinois. Data are originally from the Quaternary ...


24. Hydrologic Catalog-Units for Illinois [IGDNR_ALLST_CATUNITS]
USGS hydrologic cataloging units for the state of Illinois. The USGS has divided each state into regions, subregions, accounting units, and cataloging units. All of Illinois is in region ...


25. Karst Areas of Illinois [IGDNR_KARST]
The karst data can be used to appraise local, regional, and general geologic conditions that might affect excavation and construction of roads, pipelines, foundations, and sewers, ...


26. Major Bedrock Aquifers Within 300 Feet of Ground Surface [IGDNR_ALLST_AQMB300]
This map shows the distribution of major bedrock aquifer units within 300 feet of ground surface containing potable water in Illinois. Major aquifers are capable of yielding 70 gallons ...


27. Major Bedrock Aquifers Within 500 Feet of Ground Surface [IGDNR_ALLST_AQMB500]
This map shows the distribution of major bedrock aquifer units within 500 feet of ground surface containing potable water in Illinois. Major aquifers are capable of yielding 70 gallons ...


28. Major Sand and Gravel Aquifers in Illinois [IGDNR_AQMSG]
This map shows the distribution of major sand and gravel aquifers at any depth in Illinois. Generally, the tops of such aquifers lie within 300 feet of the surface and the bases occur ...


29. Nitrate Leaching Class Ranges [IGDNR_NO3LRANGE]   PARENT DIF
This is a statewide Arc/Info data set of nitrate leaching class ranges for soils in Illinois. It was generated to aid in determining aquifer sensitivity to nitrate leaching in Illinois. ...


30. Nitrate Leaching Classes of Illinois Soils [IGDNR_NO3LEACH]   PARENT DIF
This data set was designed for statewide evaluation of agrichemical leaching characteristics and associated aquifer sensitivity to contamination. It was created to classify soils ...


31. Pesticide Leaching Class Ranges [IGDNR_PESTLRANGE]   PARENT DIF
This is a statewide Arc/Info data set of pesticide leaching class ranges for soils in Illinois. It was generated to aid in determining aquifer sensitivity to pesticide leaching in Illinois. ...


32. Pesticide Leaching Classes of Illinois Soils [IGDNR_PESTLEACH]   PARENT DIF
This data set was designed for statewide evaluation of agrichemical leaching characteristics. It was created to classify soils and aquifer settings according to predictions of leaching ...


33. Stack-Unit Mapping of Geologic Materials in Illinois to a Depth of 15 Meters [IGDNR_STACK_ST]
This is an Arc/Info polygon data set containing stack-unit map designations for Illinois. The primary source is ISGS Circular 542, Stack-unit Mapping of Geologic Materials in Illinois ...


34. Woodfordian Moraines of Illinois [IGDNR_MORAINES]
This is an Arc/Info polygon data set containing named Woodfordian moraines, or Wisconsinan end moraines, of Illinois. Scale is 1:500,000. The primary source for the data is ISGS Bulletin ...


35. Development of an Impervious-Surface Database for the Little Blackwater River Watershed, Dorchester County, Maryland [USGS_OFR_2007_1308]
Many agricultural and forested areas in proximity to National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) are under increasing economic pressure for commercial or residential development. The upper portion of the Little ...


36. Digital Shorelines For Boston Harbor [USGS_BS_SHORE]
A new shoreline file has been created for Boston Harbor by digitizing and combining the most recent charts. Up-to-date digital shoreline files are required to support coastal geographic information ...


37. Status of the Sierra Nevada: The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project [USGS-DDS-43]
This publication consists of the online version of a CD-ROM publication, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-43. The data for this publication total 175 MB on the CD-ROM and 167 MB for ...


38. Topobathy Index [USGS_topobathy]
This data set provides an index of data sets that are hybrid elevation models created from USGS topography and NOAA bathymetric data.


39. Creation of a Prototype, Web-based Connecticut River Watershed Atlas [USGS_CT_ATLAS]
During the Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability workshops held in 2004, a common message voiced by participants was the need for a centralized database of information to support assessments ...


40. The National Assessment of Shoreline Change: A GIS Compilation of Vector Cliff Edges and Associated Cliff Erosion Data for the California Coast [USGS_OFR_2007_1112]
Introduction: The U.S. Geological Survey has generated a comprehensive data clearinghouse of digital vector cliff edges and associated rates of cliff retreat along the open-ocean California coast. ...


41. Digital drainage basin boundaries of named streams in Pennsylvania [USGS_PA_DIGIT]
In 1989, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PaDER), in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division (USGS published the Pennsylvania (PA) Gazetteer ...


42. Superfund and Toxic Sites in the United States (GIS Coverage) [EPA_TOXIC]
This map presents Superfund and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites in the United States. Superfund sites are uncontrolled or abandoned places where hazardous waste is located, possibly ...


43. WorldSat Color Shaded Relief Image [WorldSat_CSRI]
World WorldSat Color Shaded Relief Image represents a cloud-free view of the Earth produced by mosaicking hundreds of individual 1996 NOAA weather satellite images. These satellites ...


44. New Jersey Landscape Change Research [RUTGERS_LANDSCAPE_CHANGE]
A group of researchers at Rutgers is collaborating to study and address one of New Jersey's most pressing issues: the rapid development of the state's landscapes. Building on existing research, like ...


45. A New High-Resolution National Map of Vegetation Ecoregions Produced Empirically Using Multivariate Spatial Clustering [ORNL_MGC]
A parallel supercomputer was used to divide the conterminous 48 states of the United States into 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, and 7000 ecoregions with relatively homogeneous values of elevation, edaphic, ...


46. Bottom Photographs from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef [USGS_OFR_2004_1228]
Pulley Ridge is a series of drowned barrier islands that extend over 100 km in 60-100 m water depths. This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about ...


47. Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Vicinity: A GIS Compilation [USGS_OFR_2003_001]
The Coastal and Marine Geology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, Boston University, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean ...


48. Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps: GIS Data [USGS_DS_2006_236]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) guidelines do not currently exist for conducting and incorporating tsunami hazard assessments that reflect the substantial ...


49. Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002 [USGS_OFR_2003_150]
The objectives of the September, 2002 Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho operations, preliminarily reported here, were (1) to compile a detailed bathymetric map of the lake using swath-mapping ...


50. Digital Geologic Map and GIS Database of Venezuela [USGS_DS_2006_199]
The digital geologic map and GIS database of Venezuela captures GIS compatible geologic and hydrologic data from the "Geologic Shaded Relief Map of Venezuela," which was released online as U.S. Geological ...


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