Other
Geospatial Gateways, Clearinghouses,
& Data Portals |
Description:
The FGDC Clearinghouse is a searchable collection of over 100 spatial
data servers,
Data Types:
Digital geographic data, primarily for use in Geographic Information
Systems (GIS), image processing systems, and other modeling software.
Data Access: To search
for the data, you'll have use the site's clickable map to choose
the closest data gateway.
User Notes:
- It really doesn't matter which entry point
you choose because each one searches for data on the same servers.
- To use these search forms, you really need
some idea of what kind of data you're looking for…the search
fields presume that you are familiar with metadata and don't
provide any examples.
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Description:
UNEP's newest GRID Meta-data Directory (MdD), containing reference
data about the content and location of environmental data and information
holdings for over 1,000 globally distributed datasets.
Data
Access: Site accesses metadata only. You have to follow
the instructions given in each metadata file to obtain individual
datasets. |
Description:
FESIP has a vast collection of data from NASA and other US Government
Agency satellite missions, International satellite missions, and
from ground based instruments located worldwide. There are currently
over 900 data sets available to scientists, educators, companies,
and the general public.
Data Access:
Follow links and instructions on FESIP data search page. |
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Geospatial
Data Resources
Commercial Remote Sensing
NASA Archives
NOAA Archives
EPA Libraries
USGS Archives
Global Gateways
State-Level Geospatial Data Centers |
