USGS Global GIS Database

This GIS data archive is built from relatively small scale data (1:1 million scale or 1 km resolution) and put on seven CD-ROM's organized by regions of the world. Each CD-ROM integrates data for a given region at a 1:1 million scale and include a user-friendly GIS viewer. The following datasets are included on the CDs:

 

Country Political Boundaries
Administrative Boundaries
Major Cities
City Gazetteer (points) (gaz_pop.shp, gaz_othr.shp)
Large Urban Areas (polygons) (builtupa.shp)
Roads (roadtrll.shp)
Railroads (railrdl.shp)
Utility Lines (utilityl.shp)
Airfields (aerofacp.shp)
Geologic Province (wep_prvg.shp)
Geologic Age (geo_join.shp)
Faults (faults.shp)
Ecological Regions (wwf_eco.shp)
Perennial Rivers (inwatera.shp)
Small Rivers and Streams (watrcrsl.shp)
Springs, Wells, and Dams (inwaterp.shp)
Drainage Basins (hydro1k_basin.shp)
River Basins (river_basins.shp)
Volcanoes (volc.shp)
Earthquakes (quakes.shp)
Ore Deposits (usaa26.shp)
Oil and Gas Fields (fld?_?.shp)
US National Oil and Gas Assessment (us1micg.shp)
Mineral deposit and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East
Mines (masm26.shp)
Elevation data (imagepnt_1.shp)
Climate data -Temperature, Precipitation, Potential and Actual Evapotranspiration, Cloud Coverage (aet,clo,pet,prc,tmp.shp)

Shaded Relief (xxshade.tif)
Landcover (landcov (grid))
12 Greennesss (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) images (one for each month) (ndvixx_xx.tif)
Population (xx_pop.tif)
Lights at Night (lights (grid))
Slope (slope (grid))
MODIS Blue Marble True-color Satellite Image (ls_topo (grid))
Simulated Earth Image (earthmapxx.tif))

These data are available through our AFS directory.

It is also contained on CD-ROMs in Branner Earth Sciences Library (or as a single DVD). The call number can be found through the Socrates catalog.