Ball State faculty, staff and students can access hundreds of local, national and global GIS datasets on the LIBGIS server.
The collection includes GIS data from local county GIS departments, including Delaware, Henry, Madison and Marion County, selected State GIS layers and national and global data including United States Census and American Community Survey datasets.
The the largest publicly available collection of Indiana Geographic Information System (GIS) data.
The Indiana Spatial Data Portal (ISDP) provides access to more than 30 terabytes of Indiana geospatial data. Most datasets are available to the public for download and have no use restrictions. Available statewide datasets include aerial photos, topographic maps, LiDAR and elevation data, and Sanborn historic maps. In addition, the ISDP hosts several local datasets for Allen, Bartholomew, Boone, Dearborn, Gibson, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Posey, Shelby and Wayne Counties..
• Indiana Department of Health Open Data Portal
The Public Health Geographics Program develops and maintains various types of geographic datasets (GIS layers) and provides access through web applications including directories for Health Statistics, Health Resources, and Health Designations.
A federal metadata repository that serves as the primary resource for data discovery at national, state, and local scales.
Tabular U.S. Census data and GIS boundary files from 1790 to the present.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Provides natural resource, agriculture, and imagery data (requires up-to-date java).
Provides a centralized location to discover and access BLM's geospatial data from project, state, and national levels.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Links to public health and related geospatial data at both the national and international level.
U.S. Geological Survey. Provides satellite images, aerial photographs, and other cartographic products.
Download country level data for any country in the world: administrative boundaries, roads, railroads, altitude, land cover, population density.
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services available free of charge.
CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
Provides economic, social, science, and education data for the European Union.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Provides access to interactive maps, satellite imagery, and related spatial databases maintained by FAO. This data relates to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and food security.
Energy Data
Health Data