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Online version of A to Z GIS
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Aggregates articles on GIS, events, and news about GIS and jobs.
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This is a question and answer site for cartographers and GIS professionals.
Data Sources
ArcGIS Open Data
Over 25,000 free GIS datasets primarily from U.S. federal, state, and local agencies, but some international areas, too.
GeoPlatform.gov
Colllection of over 100,000 geospatial datasets in all sort of formats, from federal and state agencies, universities, non-profits, city governments, and other entities.
US Census TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Includes the TIGER/Line Shapefile boundaries for Census geographies.
The National Map Small-Scale Data Download
From the US Geological Survey
Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)
An open data site from the Dept. of Homeland Security with a lot of GIS layers relating to infrastructure in the United States.
USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
US Dept. of Agriculture
NHGIS
US boundary files for 1790 through 2010
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Includes flooding data
Virginia Roads
VDOT Open data
Virginia Department of Forestry
Virginia Energy Mapping Center
Virginia Conservation Lands Database
VA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Professional Organizations
American Association of Geographers
The Association for Geographic Information
GIS Certification Institute
Virginia Association for Mapping and Land Information Systems (VAMLIS)
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