Data Sources

Free or low cost remote sensing imagery and GIS data.

• North Dakota Geographic Information Systems
  Provides FREE and interactive mapping of various data sets for North Dakota
• Digital Northern Great Plains Program
  Provides FREE data and outreach services
• Global Land Cover Facility
  Provided FREE earth science data and products for use in science, environmental policy, resource and disaster management
• The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
  Maintains over 35,000 datasets through a partnership of data centers. The majority of the data is FREE
• ESRI
  Leader in geographic information systems technology, providing FREE and low cost data, software, and resources
• USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
  Provides FREE downloads of national base layers, as well as other geo- spatial for user defined areas
• Land Cover Institute
  Clearinghouse for USGS land cover data.
• Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Information Coordination and Knowledge
  Facilitating data access, user coordination and education of lidar remote sensing for scientific needs.
• Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
  A collection of Landsat images and text, designed to show environmental changes and to introduce remote sensing.
• FreeGIS.org
  A database of free GIS software and data sources
• WisconsinView
  Searchable data from Wisconsin