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Getting data

Getting data. Can be a frustrating experience. Finding data. In New York… CUGIR (Cornell’s clearing house) New York Clearing house There is a link on my home page for lots of other data sources Data is available from ESRI also And there is always Google. Cugir is relatively simple.

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Getting data

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  1. Getting data Can be a frustrating experience

  2. Finding data • In New York… • CUGIR (Cornell’s clearing house) • New York Clearing house • There is a link on my home page for lots of other data sources • Data is available from ESRI also • And there is always Google

  3. Cugir is relatively simple • You can browse by “text” or by map

  4. Browse

  5. Browse by Map

  6. NY Clearing House • Much harder to use • My have to have a password to access some of the data • Grad Students can get the password from Dr. Quackenbush • Have read the contractual requirements and sign off on them. • OR ask a faculty member to get the data from you.

  7. Demo • Regular Browse • Browse by map

  8. Clearing House In either case you have to agree not to distribute the datg to anyone else

  9. Clearing House • Has lots of data • But site is not easy to navigate • Dropdown search choices sort of limit how you search … • You can’t search for “ALIS” street data and that is a kind of data I know is there! • Lets see how it works

  10. Clearing house interface

  11. Kinds of data • Click on GIS DATA

  12. Booby Trap • A lot of the data is offered by Quad sheet – you just click on it • BOOBY TRAP- There is only partial correspondence between NY quad names and USGS quad names. • However, you can download an geographic image of quads and that may help.

  13. DEMO

  14. National Map

  15. Using the National Map Viewer • You can • Zoom in and out • Control what is displayed (layers) • Download the data that is shown

  16. Demo

  17. USGS • Geospatial data gateway

  18. USGS Geospatial onestop • Awkward to use

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