USGS Stream Guaging for AK rivers/streams – real time, historic and archived stream gauging data for a selection of streams/rives; provides tabular, graph data for user-defined time periods and as such is somewhat ‘synthesized’

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ak/nwis/current/?type=flow

Anadromous Waters Catalog/Atlas (AWC) – a listing and mapping of all currently recognized anadromous water bodies in the state of AK, including stream length, species distribution patterns including by lifestage

http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/SARR/awc/

Alaska Ocean Observing Program (AOOS) – their mission is to improve the ability to rapidly detect changes in marine ecosystems and living resources and predict future changes and consequences

http://www.aoos.org/

PRISM data (climate mapping system, including precipitation models)

http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/

UAF – Geophysical Institute – remote sensing data/info covering a variety of topics (atmospheric sciences, snow/ice/permafrost, geology/tectonics, etc)

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/

Regional Data Sets

OR/WA BLM GIS:

ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/OR/gisweb/download/

OR/WA BLM Regional Office GIS

http://www.blm.gov/or/gis/data.php

Regional Environmental Office

http://www.reo.gov/gis/index.htm

USGS Willamette Basin Data

http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs_dir/Online/Cd/WRIR99-4036/GIS_FILES

RLIS (Regional Land Information System) from Metro’s Data Resource Center

http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1024

InfoRain (Data from EcoTrust)

http://www.inforain.org/dataresources/datalayers.cfm

Aerial Imagery

Spencer B. Gross Photogrammetry

http://www.sbgmaps.com

State-wide 0.5m Orthophotos (NAIP, 2005)

http://oregonexplorer.info/imagery

State-wide 0.5m Orthophotos (NAIP, 2005) – after plug-in installed

http://imagery.oregonexplorer.info/Plugin.htm

Climate

Worldwide climate website (NASA)

http://climate.nasa.gov/

Oregon Climate Service

http://www.ocs.orst.edu/page_links/links.html#Anchor-Climate-43793

Western Regional Climate Center

http://www.wrcc.dri.edu

Forestry

ODF Data

http://egov.oregon.gov/ODF/GIS/gis_home.shtml

HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/data.cfm?topnav=8

Fish & Water Resources

USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)

http://nhd.usgs.gov/index.html

ODFW GIS Data

http://nrimp.dfw.state.or.us/nrimp/default.aspx?p=259

ODFW Aquatic Inventories

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/ODFW/freshwater/inventory/projects.html

Coastal Landscape Analysis & Modeling Study (CLAMS)

http://www.fsl.orst.edu/clams/data_index.html

Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory (OWRI) at OregonExplorer

http://www.oregonexplorer.info/OWRI/OWRI.aspx?Res=17100&View=full&zrid=-1#TheOWRIDatabase

StreamNet

http://www.streamnet.org/mapping_apps.html

InfoRain (EcoTrust)

http://www.inforain.org/dataresources/datalayers.cfm

US Fish & Wildlife Service: National Wetlands Inventory (NWI)

http://www.fws.gov/nwi

National Wetlands Inventory (all US data)

http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/DataDownload.html

USGS Oregon Hydrologic Data

http://or.water.usgs.gov/data_dir/datapage.html

NOAA Ocean Service Data Explorer

http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/dataexplorer/welcome.html

NOAA Bathymetry & Topography

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/relief.html

1998 FEMA Flood Data

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/gis_data/fema.html

Oregon Water Rights Dept. Data

http://www.wrd.state.or.us/OWRD/MAPS/index.shtml#Water_Right_Data_GIS_Themes

Oregon Drinking Water Quality Data

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/dwp/results.htm

USGS Instantaneous Data Archive (Stream Discharge Data)

http://ida.water.usgs.gov/ida

USGS Water Data Archives (daily flow data included)

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis

Puget Sound Area Water Resource Inventory

http://www.onrc.washington.edu/clearinghouse/wria20/index.htm

Geology Resources

USGS Digital Geologic Maps & Data

http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/

USGS Oregon Earth Science Data

http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/geologic/or/oregon.html

BLM Land & Mineral Use

http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/landmin/home/index.html

DOGAMI LiDAR Site

http://www.oregongeology.com/sub/projects/olc/default.htm

Metro Portland Area Landslide Data

http://nwdata.geol.pdx.edu/Landslides

Pacific NW Earthquake Information

http://nwdata.geol.pdx.edu/NW-Quake

SE Oregon Geothermal Database

http://nwdata.geol.pdx.edu/OR-Geothermal

Soils & Agriculture

Soil data Mart for Oregon (NRCS, USDA)

http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Survey.aspx?State=OR

Water Rights Data- Oregon Water Resources Department

http://www.wrd.state.or.us/OWRD/MAPS/index.shtml#Water_Right_Data_GIS_Themes

NRCS Maps & Data

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/maps.html

NRCS Soil Surveys by County (reports and data)

http://www.or.nrcs.usda.gov/pnw_soil/or_data.html

Social Science & Public Health

Census 2000 Data for the State of Oregon

http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/or.html

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER Files

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/maps/gis_data.htm

USGS/UCSB Project Gigalopolis

http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/projects/gig

Transportation

Oregon Transportation Links (roads, rail and mass transit, by county)

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/map/gis_data/county_trans.html

Washington State Department of Transportation (not just roads)

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm

Navigational Charts (NOAA Office of Coast Survey)

Columbia River: St. Helens (Warrior Rock) to North Portland (St. Johns RR Bridge)

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18525.shtml

Willamette River: Confluence with Columbia River at Kelly Point to Ross Island

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18526.shtml

Willamette River: Close-up of Swan Island Area

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18527.shtml

Willamette River: Ross Island to Walnut Eddy (bend near Hebb Park/Willamette Narrows)

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18528.shtml

Willamette River: Walnut Eddy to Newberg

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18529.shtml

Columbia River: Vancouver to Bonneville

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18531.shtml

City & County Mapping Resources

Benton County GIS

http://www.co.benton.or.us/maps/availdata.php?p=1&f=GISDataDownload

Clackamas County GIS

http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/gis

Clark County GIS

http://gis.clark.wa.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=mapsonline

Clatsop County GIS

http://www.co.clatsop.or.us/default.asp?deptid=1&pageid=209

Lane County GIS

http://www.co.lane.or.us/transplanning/gis.htm

Linn County GIS

http://www.co.linn.or.us/maps-gis.htm

Linn County Public GIS (ftp)

ftp://ftp.co.linn.or.us/usr/pubgisdata

Marion County GIS

http://www.co.marion.or.us/IT/GIS/gisdata.htm

Multnomah County GIS

http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/it/maps

Polk County GIS

http://www.co.polk.or.us/GIS/

Tillamook County GIS

http://www.co.tillamook.or.us/gov/GIS

Washington County GIS

http://washims.co.washington.or.us/gis/index.cfm?id=3

Yamhill County GIS

http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/GIS/GIS.asp

Portland Metro Mapping Resources

Portland Maps

http://portlandmaps.com

MetroMap

http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1055

Regional/Global Mapping Resources

OSU North Coast Explorer

http://northcoastexplorer.info

OSU Willamette Basin Explorer

http://willametteexplorer.info

OSU Umpqua Basin Explorer

http://umpquaexplorer.info

Oregon Map

http://www.ormap.org/index.cfm?opt=mapsonline

Google Earth

http://earth.google.com

TerraServer

http://terraserver.microsoft.com

TopoZone

www.topozone.com

RiverMap.org – Interactive map of the Mississippi Basin

http://rivermap.org

Open Street Map – open source mapping project

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page

Informational Sites

ColorBrewer

http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer.html

Metadata Standards

http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata

Map Projections

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projections

GIS Cookbook (how to instructions in plain English)

http://www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/resources/cookbook

Commercial GIS Software Sites

ESRI ArcGIS – link to free 60-day trial version

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/index.html

ESRI ArcGIS Textbook with trial software

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, 2^nd Ed. (ISBN: 1-58948-083-x) contains a 180-day trial version of the ArcGIS suite with extensions and lab exercises

AutoDesk Map 3D – GIS from a CAD leader

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=3081357

Global Mapper – an inexpensive option

http://globalmapper.com

Manifold GIS – an inexpensive option

http://www.manifold.net

Free or Open Source GIS Software Sites

ESRI ArcExplorer – free GIS data viewer

http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html

ESRI ArcReader – free application to view, explore, and print prepackaged map and data packages (think PDF for GIS)

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/index.html

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) – Open Source GIS

http://grass.ibiblio.org/index.php

Java Unified Mapping Platform – Java-Based GIS

http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump

Map Server – Open Source GIS WebServer

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download.html#binaries

Open EV – Open Source GIS

http://openev.sourceforge.net

Quantum GIS – Open Source GIS (Includes GRASS)

http://www.qgis.org

Manuals, Field Guides, and Related Resources

Trimble Mapping Systems General Reference

http://gisgeek.pdx.edu/G425-FieldGIS/MapSys_Jan2002_GenRef.pdf

Trimble GeoExplorer 3 Operations Guide

http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/gps/Geo3.pdf

http://gisgeek.pdx.edu/G425-FieldGIS/Geo3.pdf

ERDAS Imagine 8.6 Field Guide

http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/ip1/FieldGuide86.pdf

ERDAS Imagine 8.6 Tour Guide

http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/ip1/TourGuide86.pdf

Intro to Environmental Remote Sensing

http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/ip2/BSRSI.pdf

Intro to Microwave Remote Sensing

http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/ip2/RADAR.pdf

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