Free on-line geospatial data and web GIS
See licensing for every product.
- General sources
- GeoPlatformFGDC platform for sharing open data
- Data.gov, a general U.S. Government open data catalog
- USGS National map
- NC OneMap
- NC Spatial Data Download: QL2 2014 LiDAR data
- Resource Watch: geospatial data for sustainable future
- Google Earth
- Google Earth Engine
- USGS ScienceBase-Catalog: includes NC Geographic Data, canopy height
- Topography
- USGS NED, NLCD from National Map Viewer (NED – National Elevation Data, NLCD – National Land Cover Data)
- OpenTopography,
- EarthDEMHigh-resolution Digital Surface Models (DSM) in non-polar regions at 2-meter spatial resolution.
- Elevation derivatives for National Applications (EDNA)
- Digital Coast
- SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
- Copernicus DEM (30m res global DSM based on TenDEM-X Mission data see also FABDEM with forests and buildings removed
- Lidar online: sharing lidar data from all over the world
- Natural and environmental conditions
- Open Land service (China, GEO, ISPRS) Global Land cover data portal
- LANDEX: map locations with similar land cover pattern
- MeritHydro: global hydrography data
- LANDSAT imagery: global locator
- USGS Emergency Response (HDDS), hazards data
- State Climatology Office
- Synoptic meteorological data
- North Carolina groundwater data
- Real-time water data (streams and lakes)
- EPA surf your watershed
- EPA Air quality
- USDA natural resources data
- MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)
- Socio-economic conditions, energy, transportation
Updated September 1, 2019