University of Guelph Library
This page: Sites Permitting Data Download / Map Services
Canada and regions:
- Atlas of Canada
- Historical Atlas of Canada
- 2009 GIS Spatial Data Clearinghouse Directory (US States & Canadian Provinces)
- Geobase
Geopolitical boundaries, Digital Elevation, Landsat, National Road and Hydro Network. [Registration required.] - GeoConnections Discovery Portal
- Geography Network (Canada)
- GeoGratis (Natural Resources Canada). Include CanVec and NTDB data.
Canada - Thematic
- National Forest Information System
- Agri-Geomatics (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada): National land and water information
- Geoscience Data Respository (NRCan): geophysical, geochemistry, energy, minerals, marine, climate, disasters
- Great Lakes Information Network
- ResEau (Environment Canada): water information for many jurisdictions in Canada.
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Internet GeoViewer
- Canadian Wind Energy Atlas
- Ecosystem Framework for Canada: GIS data for ecozones, ecoprovinces, ecoregions, ecodistricts
- Canadian Ecodistrict Climate Normals 1961-1990 \
- NPRI — National Pollutant Resource Inventory
- Canadian Soil Information System
Soils, Canada Land Inventory. - Canada Land Inventory
For agriculture, forestry, recreation, wildlife. - MIRAGE (Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience)
Digital image library of Geological Survey of Canada maps.
Provinces:
British Columbia
- Vancouver, City of
- British Columbia Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
- British Columbia Ministry of the Environment
Soil and terrain data.
Alberta
- Alberta Digital Mapping
- Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
- Alberta Geological Survey
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
- Land Information Ontario
- Guelph, City of – Maps and Images
- CLAIMaps (Ministry of Northern Development and Mines): mining claims
- Geophysical Atlas of Ontario
- Grand River Information Network
- Ontario Wind Resource Atlas
- Ontario Ministry of Mines and Resources, Mines and Mineral Division
- Don River Valley [Toronto] Historical Mapping Project
- Ottawa, City of
- Toronto, City of (or request geospatial data not listed)
- National Captial Commission / Ottawa Historical Maps
- National Air Photo Library
- Grand River Conservation Authority
- Great Lakes Bathymetry (click on ArcIMS link for download using a map interface)
- Great Lakes GIS
- Maps and GIS of the Great Lakes Region
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
- GeoNova Portal (Nova Scotia)
- Forestry data (Department of Natural Resources)
- Mineral Resources (Department of Natural Resources)
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Yukon Spatial Data Clearinghouse
- Smart Bay: coastal and ocean resources around Placentia Bay NF
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
United States
- Geodata.gov
- National Atlas
- National Map Seamless Server
- New York State Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse
- 2009 GIS Spatial Data Clearinghouse Directory (US States & Canadian Provinces)
- Cartographic Boundary Files — U.S. Census
- US Census Bureau TIGER
Cartographic Boundary files. See also U.S. Census Bureau Maps and Geography - National Historical Geographic Information system NHGIS)
Provides aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000. Registration required. - Natural Resources Conservation Service
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - search for data download links
- United States Climate Mapping
- USGS Node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Data is organized by 4 principal data themes: geography, biology, geology and water. - NRCS Soils
- U.S. Geological Survey
- TerraServer-USA
Provides free public access to aerial photographs of the United States. - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WSB)
International
Portals
- Australian Government (Free download)
- Digital Chart of the World
- European Soil Portal
- FAO / GeoNetwork Portal
- GIS Data Depot
- Global Administrative Areas
- Network (Transportation) data - download fop FME and export to ArcGIS format
- UK Ordnance Survey - open data
- VDS Technologies – administrative, transportation, population
- USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center: satellite imagery, aerial photography, elevation and land cover datasets.
- Land Information New Zealand
Climate & Environment
- Atlas of the Biosphere
- China Earthquake Site
- Global Forest Watch - download data
- Global Landcover Facility
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Radiation Data Centre (download instructions)
Imagery
- Digital Satellite Data
Locate, view, download, or order global land remote sensing data derived from a variety of air- and satellite-borne sensors. - NASA Satellite Coverage
1990-2000 Landsat images. - USGS Global Visualization Viewer
All of the Landsat 4-5 TM and Landsat 1-5 MSS images are available for download at no charge as standard products.
Socio-economic Data
- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Centre (SEDAC)
Focuses on human interactions in the environment. - Global Distribution of Poverty (Poverty Mapping Project)
By the Centre for International Earth Science Information Network. Data tables, shapefiles & centroid available.
Soils & Geology
Data Access
Contact
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