Friday, March 04, 2011

GIS inventory nationwide


State GIS clearinghouses have posted over 19,000 data layers online with thousands more in progress. The National States Geographic Information Council just completed their mid-year meeting and circulated updates on data efforts around the country.

The GIS Inventory website offers maps and lists of the data layers available [right, example of states serving soil maps under the Geo-Scientific category. Credit GISInventory.net]

Data Layers Documented: 19091
Users Documenting Data: 1264
Total Registered Users: 3753
Complete Layers: 16103
In work Layers: 2531
Planned Layers: 457

1 comment:

  1. Thanks Lee for linking to a great resource. This will make it easier for me to locate data I'm looking for.

    Ruby

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