Geographic Information Systems
The Computer Applications Lab (CAL) is the home of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Evergreen as well as the primary lab supporting the Natural and Physical Sciences. Here, students can develop skills and pursue academic interests in GIS, remote sensing, environmental modeling and analysis. The college computer labs have a wide range of GIS software including ESRI's ArcGIS suite.
Resources
ESRI online data and help
Answers to frequency asked GIS questions
Evergreen Campus Data
All Evergreen Campus Data are available via http download. These files are in ArcView shapefile format and have been archived using PKZip.
| Basemap.zip | Basemap for TESC, inculding building, road, and stream layers. |
| Historic.zip | Canopy data for TESC. |
| Resources.zip | Resources for TESC, including trail layers. |
Additional Data are available through a variety of purveyors. This list provides a few useful sites.
Washington Statewide Datasets
| Washington State Geospatial Data Archive | http://wagda.lib.washington.edu/ |
| Washington State Department of Transportation | http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm |
| Washington State Department of Ecology | http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/ |
| Washington State Deparment of Fish and Wildlife | http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm |
| Washington State Department of Health | http://ww4.doh.wa.gov/gis/default.htm |
| Washington State Department of Natural Resources | http://www3.wadnr.gov/dnrapp6/dataweb/dmmatrix.html |
| Washington State Department of Revenue | http://gis.dor.wa.gov/content/FindTaxesAndRates/Downloads.aspx |
| Washington State Office of Financial Management | http://www.ofm.wa.gov/geographic/default.asp |
| Gifford Pinchot National Forest | http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/forest-research/gis/frmain.html |
Oregon Statewide Datasets
| Statewide DEM Download | Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse |
| Geospatial Data Clearinghouse | Geospatial Clearinghouse |
| Forestry data | Oregon Department of Forestry |
| Geospatial Center | Ecosystem GIS data |
| GEO | Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office |
| Maps and Aerial Photography | University of Oregon Library Database |
| Oregon Coast Data | Geoospatial Clearinghouse |
| Oregon DEM | Oregon StateWide DEM downloads |
| Oregon Datasets | U.S. Fish and Wildlife |
| Wildlife/Habitat Data | UW Mountain Drainage Basin Research Group |
Nevada Statewide Datasets
| Keck Center Maps and Geo-Images | Keck Earth Sciences and Mining Research Information Center |
National Datasets
| Census Data | U.S. Census Bureau |
| GIS Data depot | Geo Community |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admininistration |
| U.S EPA | GIS Data from the Environmental Information Unit (EIU) |
| US Census Bureau | Tiger Data |
| National Atlas Maps and Raw Datal | National Atlas |
| USGS National Datasets | USGS |
GPS Resources
| Thurston County Basestation Data | Thurston Geodata Center |
| MN GPS Garmin | Tool for downloading data from a Garmin from the Minnesota DNR |
| GPS Utility | Free utility for downloading data from a variety of GPS units |
| Open Geospatial Consortium | A non-profit group working to develop standards for geospatial and location based services |
Useful ArcGIS Extensions
| Hawths Analysis Tools | Hawth's Analysis Tools are designed to perform spatial analysis and functions that cannot be conveniently accomplished with out-of-the-box ArcGIS. |