BROWN
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE & SERVICES
Brown Geographic Information Science and Services
Offline Data    

  EarthLab Data:

  • Full access to the state's GIS database directly on the Lab's server; this is also available for download from the RIGIS web site
    http://www.edc.uri.edu/ (which includes a host of Arc/Info based datasets, from Airports to Wellhead Protection Areas, and digital orthophotography)
  • ESRI Basemap GIS data for the entire United States and the world

If interested please E-mail the EarthLab Systems Manager:
Lynn_Carlson@Brown.edu

Room 105, MacMillan Hall

  Brown Libraries Data:

  • assistance in procuring datasets (including potential financial assistance)
  • campus-wide access to ICPSR and other spatial data resources
  • Data on CD-ROM including GIS and remote sensing data, analyses, and simple viewing applications - including GIS and remote sensing-related CD-ROMs produced by:
    • the U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Census Bureau and Environmental Protection Agency
    • multi-agency cooperative CDs with their own viewing & GIS software; LandView 5 is a quick way to view a variety of GIS data files
  • books and periodicals on GIS and remote sensing

If interested please E-mail the Social Sciences Data Librarian:
Thomas_Stieve@Brown.edu

Room 103, Rockefeller Library

  Imagery at Brown:

Compiled by the ARC Program; includes Landsat, 1999 Atlas, and SPOT, IKONOS, etc. imagery of Rhode Island and other New England sites

If interested please E-mail Professor Mustard:
John_Mustard@Brown.edu
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