Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

GIS and Geospatial Data

Data Sources

  • Tennessee Geographic Data Clearinghouse: contains data pertaining to administrative and cadastral, elevation, environmental, imagery, infrastructure, land use and land cover, maps, people, recreation, weather, and more.
  • TennesseView: data hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville GIS Lab including Tennessee and local and regional sources.
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee GIS Data Research Guidefeatures extensive lists of data sources and breaks down resources by topic.
  • IPUMS: provides census and survey data across time and space. There are several data products from IPUMS that make downloading and working with U.S. Census data more straight forward.
  • Data.gov: U.S. government's open data portal, offering a wide range of datasets from federal agencies.
  • The National Map: platform provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that offers topographic maps and geospatial data for the U.S.
  • NOAA Maps and Geospatial Products: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides maps and geospatial products related to weather, climate, oceanographic data, and more.
  • National Weather Service GIS Portal: provides data and products from the National Weather Service.
  • USAID Spatial Data Repository: geographically-linked health and demographic data from The DHS Program and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Additional Sources from Research Guides: