Foothill College Introduction to GIS Data Catalog and Reference Sheet


Data we already have (on disk or lab computers)

Bay Area Counties -- located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\counties35000.shp

1:35,000 scale bay area counties. Derived from Census 1990 data. See Allison for technical documentation.

Census 2000 shape file -- located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\census2000\pop-race00.shp

Metadata for shape files

Metadata for tabular data Summary File 1(population and age dynamics)-- Already printed out -- see Allison for a copy

Metadata for tabular data Summary File 3 (housing, income, poverty, transportation, English proficiency, citizenship)

Technical information

Census 1990 shape file -- California data is located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\census90.shp Remainder of the USA located on disk. See Allison.

(1:35,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

Dams -- located on disk, see Allison

Metadata

Drinking water supply sites -- located on disk, see Allison

Metadata

Institutions -- Bay area data located with lab 1 C:\gis\lab1\institutions.shp USA coverage located on disk, see Allison

(1:35,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

Mines -- located on disk, see Allison

Metadata

Parks -- Bay area parks located with lab1 data C:\gis\lab1\parks.shp. USA coverage located on disk, see Allison

(1:35,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

Rail Lines -- California rail lines located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\rail.shp. USA coverage located on disk, see Allison

(1:35,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

Roads -- California roads located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\cards Additional road data for the USA can be found on CD see Allison

(1:35,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

Superfund sites -- Bay area sites located with lab 1 data C:\gis\lab1\cerclis.shp. USA coverage on disk, see Allison

Metadata

USGS DEM -- Converges for the bay area Located with lab 3 C:\gis\topography-lab\

Metadata ***NOTE*** These raster files are projected in UTM NAD27. Vector coverages listed on this page have also been projected in UTM NAD27 in the folder C:\gis\data-nad27\

World Cities -- Located with lab 1 C:\gis\lab1\citiesworld.shp

(1:5,000,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.

World Countries -- Located with lab 1 C:\gis\lab1\country.shp

(1:5,000,000) Metadata is located on disk. Please see Allison.


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