Scott County

County and Municipal Data Sources:

Iowa Land Records
http://iowalandrecords.org/portal/
Links to county/city land records
Ramona GIS Inventory
http://ia.gisinventory.net/
Info on GIS activity in Iowa cities/counties

County Examples:

Black Hawk County, Iowa
http://www.co.black-hawk.ia.us/depts/bhentry.htm
Black Hawk County GIS
Johnson County, Iowa
http://www.johnson-county.com/GIS/index.shtml
Johnson County GIS
Rock Island County, Illinois
http://www.co.rock-island.il.us/GIS.aspx?id=116
Rock Island County GIS

General Interest:

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
Worldwide navigable aerials - download required
Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room
http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/
Variety of new and historic maps.
The Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
Photos from all latitude/longitude intersections!
Windows local live
http://local.live.com/
Base maps and select birds eye oblique aerials

Introduction to GIS:

National/Regional Data Sites:

Corps of Engineers NIC
http://www2.mvr.usace.army.mil/NIC2/default.cfm
Various river related information
EPA GIS Data Download
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html
Various EPA related datasets in GIS format
FEMA Map Service Center
http://msc.fema.gov/
Flood Maps and more
National Geodetic Survey
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
Access NGS monuments and more
Topozone
http://www.topozone.com
Online Topographic Maps
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Data Library
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library.html
Data on Mississippi River and adjacent areas
US Dept of the Interior National Atlas
http://www.nationalatlas.gov
Wide assortment of data and maps.
US Fish and Wildlife Department
http://www.fws.gov/data/
Environmental data, wetlands and more.
USDA Data Gateway
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GatewayHome.html
Orthos, Soils, watersheds and more.
USGS
http://www.usgs.gov
Main page for the U.S. Geological Survey
USGS National Elevation Dataset
http://ned.usgs.gov/
Seamless elevation data for the U.S.
USGS National Map
http://nationalmap.gov/
Wide assortment of data and maps.

Organizations:

Iowa Geographic Information Counsel (IGIC)
http://igic.gis.iastate.edu/
Iowa State
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
http://www.urisa.org/
National Technology User Group

State of Iowa Mapping Data Sources:

Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey
http://icss.agron.iastate.edu/
State Soils data (ISPAID and SSURGO)
Iowa DNR Library
http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/nrgislibx/
Variety of natural resources data
Iowa DOT GIS data
http://www.gis.dot.state.ia.us/downloads/default.asp
GIS dataset downloads from IADOT
Iowa DOT Online Maps
http://www.iowadotmaps.com/main.htm
Finished maps for viewing/download
Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/
GIS weather data and related for Iowa
Iowa Geographic Map Server
http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Iowa aerial photos and more
Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
http://maps.gis.iastate.edu/clearinghouse/
GIS search tool for Iowa data
Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist
http://maps.gis.iastate.edu/isites/
I-Sites Archaeologic database
State Data Center
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/
Good site for Iowa demographics

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