Module 2:

GIS Data Sources

 Raster GIS Data

Raster Data Examples:

Digital Elevation Models:

Each cell represents height
above vertical datum

Digital Orthophoto
Quads (DOQ): One-meter
resolution digital orthophotos
produced by USGS
Produced by USGS
Digital Raster Graph
Scanned USGS 7.5’
Digital Line Graph
 Vector GIS Data

• USGS 7.5’ Digital Line Graph

GIS vector data produced by

many agencies such as:
• Transportation Agencies
• Environmental Protection
Agency
• Many others

USGS maps made at different

scales

LIDAR Data
 GIS Data Sources

GIS Data is available on the National, State, Regional

and Local Scale

The following are some of the most useful GIS data

sources on the web
 US Geological Survey (USGS)
http://www.usgs.gov/ http://edc2.usgs.gov/geodata/index.php

• Digital Elevation Model

• Land Use/Land Cover
• Hydrography
• Digital Line Graphs
.
.

National Level+
US Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/nwi/

• National Wetland
Inventory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
http://www.noaa.gov/

• Ocean and marine data

• Atmospheric data
• Charting and Navigation

National Level+
National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/

• Control Points
Coordinates
• Geoid and gravity data
• Nautical maps and data

National Level
Florida Geographic Digital Library
http://www.fgdl.org/

• Data arranged by county

• 350 GIS data layers

including:
• Land use
• Hydrology
• Transportation
• Environmental Quality

State Level
Florida Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/statistics/gis/

• Statewide
Transportation related
data
• Data arranged statewide
or by FDOT districts
• Data updated monthly

State Level

Florida Department of Transportation

Florida Department of Environmental
Protection FDEP
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/

• Statewide hydrology
and water-related GIS
data:
• Ground water
• Geology
• Drainage basins
• Soils

State Level
 Land Boundary Information Systems
(LABINS)
http://data.labins.org/2003/

• Statewide miscellaneous
GIS data
• Horizontal and Vertical
Control
• Land Records
• Water Boundaries
• Digital Ortho Photo Quads
Digital Line Graphs
• Digital Elevation Models
• National Wetlands
Inventory
• Digital Raster Graphs
.
.
State Level

FDEP, Division of State Lands, Bureau of Survey and Mapping

Florida National Areas Inventory (FNAI)
http://www.fnai.org/gisdata.cfm

• Statewide natural areas

GIS data

State Level