[Olivia Ildefonso (she/her)]

Hi all,

Javier and I will be giving a workshop this Wednesday on finding data for mapping. Here are the details. Please share!

GCDI Workshop: Finding Data for Mapping: Tips and Strategies
Event Description
We have all seen those beautiful maps and infographics that show sociodemographic, political, and other types on information in a very easy-to-understand manner. But how are these maps made? and more importantly, where do they get the data from? In this workshop we are going to go through the processes that mapmakers usually go through when they decide to make a map, and we will talk about tips and strategies to get the data you need to build your maps.

Register HERE

[Javier Otero Peña]

Hi all,

Besides inviting you to come to (or to share the info of) our workshop, I would like to take the opportunity to ask you for your input, so that we can enrich the workshop.

What places/sites do you recommend to get data for GIS?
Do you have any tips for new mappers on how to search for data?

Any input would be appreciated.

Thank you!

Best,

Javier
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[Frank Donnelly]

Hello everyone,

There are two meta-sites that I often recommend. Geolode is a catalog of websites that provide free GIS data, maintained by the GIS librarian at Cornell University as a personal project: http://geolode.org/

The OpenGeoportal (together with the GeoBlacklight Community) is a growing consortium of universities that provide access to their GIS data through common search portals: http://data.opengeoportal.org/

There’s also the old-fashioned approach: keeping track of a handful of good sites. I haven’t checked the list I keep here in awhile (so there may be a few broken links) but it’s a good start: https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/confluence/display/geoportal/External+Links+to+GIS+Data

This page is on our Geoportal at Baruch that I maintain; if you don’t mind a little shameless self-promotion 🙂 we have some useful data there: https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/confluence/display/geoportal/

Good luck with the workshop (I’d stop by but unfortunately I’m not free on Weds evenings).

Best – Frank

Frank Donnelly | Geospatial Data Librarian | Baruch CUNY

 

[Javier Otero Peña]

Thank you for the links Frank! We’re adding Geolode and OpenGeoportal to the list of links to share with participants. We already had the Baruch Geoportal 😉 It’s a great in-house resource for GIS (so thank you for creating it!)

Best,

Javier
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