Data Sources

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Web Services

Esri - http://server.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services
GISSAL-KSU - http://services.geog.ksu.edu/ArcGIS/rest/services

Web Portals

ArcGIS Online
FAO GeoNetwork
GISSAL ArcGIS Online
GEOSS Portal (Group on Earth Observations)
INSPIRE GeoPortal (Europe)
Kansas Data Access and Support Center
Kansas State University ArcGIS Online
US National Map Viewer
US National Map Downloader

Themes

Climate and Weather

Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS) - NOAA Atlas 14 precipitation frequency estimates
PRISM Climate Data - spatial climate datasets to reveal short- and long-term climate patterns,
WorldClim - global climate grids at spatial resolution of approximately 1 square kilometer,

Crime

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Crime Statistics - county level annual crime statistics dating back to 2003

Elevation

USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) - primary elevation data products from U.S. Geological Survey

Imagery

EOSDIS - NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System; source of global satellite imagery.
GLOVIS - USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center; source of satellite imagery for U.S.

Landuse/Landcover

Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) - obtain U.S. National Land Cover Databases for 2001, 2006, and 2011,

Population

U.S. Census Geography Program - U.S. Census data and TIGER/Line shapefiles

WorldPop - high resolution, contemporary data on human population distributions,

Soils

Web Soil Survey - provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

Water Resources

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) - source of surface water data on the U.S. National Map,

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