University of Washington Libraries

Details	Title
	U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Searchable database of United States census information, with pointers to other sites
	U.S. Census Cartographic Boundary Files Includes Congressional districts, tracts and block groups, county subdivisions, and more
	U.S. Census grids This site provides digital coverages of U.S. Census demographics to GIS users. Atlas GIS, ARC/INFO, and MapInfo formats are supported. The data are provided freely for research and instructional use only
	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service geographic information systems & spatial data
	U.S. general soil map (STATSGO2) "Soil maps for the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database are produced by generalizing the detailed soil survey data. The mapping scale for STATSGO is 1:250,000 (with the exception of Alaska, which is 1:1,000,000). The level of mapping is designed to be used for broad planning and management uses covering state, regional, and multi-state areas."
	U.S. vector data - UW restricted Selected datasets from the ESRI Data and Maps CD/DVD set
	UIUC airfoil data site Airfoil coordinates database produced by the Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	UN commodity trade statistics database (UN comtrade) - UW restricted Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 130 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations; all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962
	UNdata a world of information Includes UN statistical databases in education, employment, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism
	United Nations Environment Programme GEO data portal
	United States health workforce personnel factbook /
	United States Managed Areas Database Managed areas database in GIS format for the contiguous United States
	University of South Carolina GIS Data Server
	University of Washington factbook Contains data on student demographics, enrollment, degrees, finances, facilities, etc
	Unofficial ArcInfo and ArcView Symbol Page
	US Census Bureau TIGER, TIGER/Line and TIGER-related products
	USDA food composition data Data sets prepared by USDA-ARS's Nutrient Data Laboratory. These data sets can be downloaded to your computer and used in your programs. Some of the data sets available are: the USDA nutrient database for standard reference, Nutritive value of foods (HG-72), Sugar content of foods, and others
	USGS 1:24,000 (10m) digital elevation models (DEMs) for Washington State
	USGS FTP site for public data
	USGS geographic data download Data files for use in geographical information systems for analysis and integration with other geospatial data. Data available include digital line graphs, digital elevation models, and land use and land cover
	USGS global land cover characterization The land cover data are provided in a generic image array format (flat, headerless, binary raster data) to maximize the flexibility for importing into a variety of software systems. Software necessary to view or analyze these data is not provided. There are many geographic information system and image processing packages available, and they commonly include modules to import generic raster data
	USGS National Water Quality Assessment data warehouse "The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began its NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water quality data from 42 study units (basins) across the nation. The data warehouse contains and links to...data..."
	USGS Washington Water Science Center Home page of the Washington Water Science Center of the USGS, which provides information on Washington's water resources for the overall benefit of the state and the nation. The activities of the Water Science Center include: collection of hydrologic data; water-resources investigations and assessments; basic and problem-oriented hydrologic research; acquisition of information useful in predicting and delineating water-related natural hazards; scientific and technical assistance in hydrologic studies
	USGS water resources Home page for water resources information from the U.S. Geological Survey
	USGS water resources maps and GIS information
	Virtual Bangladesh. Politics Political page of the Web site Virtual Bangladesh. Also contains results from the 1991 and 1996 elections
	Virtual Oregon Virtual Oregon is a data coordination center, established in May 2000 at Oregon State University with seed funding from the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, to: archive and distribute environmental and other place-based data on Oregon and associated areas via an innovative web interface; identify key data sets that are not yet available to users; and *facilitate development of statewide standards for archiving, documenting, and disseminating data
	Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (EJOURNAL)
	Vital and health statistics. Series 4, Documents and committee reports (EJOURNAL)
	Voyages the trans-Atlantic slave trade database "Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries."

Details

Title

U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Searchable database of United States census information, with pointers to other sites

U.S. Census Cartographic Boundary Files
Includes Congressional districts, tracts and block groups, county subdivisions, and more

U.S. Census grids
This site provides digital coverages of U.S. Census demographics to GIS users. Atlas GIS, ARC/INFO, and MapInfo formats are supported. The data are provided freely for research and instructional use only

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service geographic information systems & spatial data

U.S. general soil map (STATSGO2)
"Soil maps for the State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) database are produced by generalizing the detailed soil survey data. The mapping scale for STATSGO is 1:250,000 (with the exception of Alaska, which is 1:1,000,000). The level of mapping is designed to be used for broad planning and management uses covering state, regional, and multi-state areas."

U.S. vector data -

UW restricted
Selected datasets from the ESRI Data and Maps CD/DVD set

UIUC airfoil data site
Airfoil coordinates database produced by the Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

UN commodity trade statistics database (UN comtrade) -

UW restricted
Annual international trade statistics, provided by over 130 countries, detailed by commodity and partner country to the United Nations; all values are converted in US dollars and metric units, the coverage dates as far back as 1962

UNdata a world of information
Includes UN statistical databases in education, employment, energy, environment, food and agriculture, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade and tourism

United Nations Environment Programme GEO data portal

United States health workforce personnel factbook /

United States Managed Areas Database
Managed areas database in GIS format for the contiguous United States

University of South Carolina GIS Data Server

University of Washington factbook
Contains data on student demographics, enrollment, degrees, finances, facilities, etc

Unofficial ArcInfo and ArcView Symbol Page

US Census Bureau TIGER, TIGER/Line and TIGER-related products

USDA food composition data
Data sets prepared by USDA-ARS's Nutrient Data Laboratory. These data sets can be downloaded to your computer and used in your programs. Some of the data sets available are: the USDA nutrient database for standard reference, Nutritive value of foods (HG-72), Sugar content of foods, and others

USGS 1:24,000 (10m) digital elevation models (DEMs) for Washington State

USGS FTP site for public data

USGS geographic data download
Data files for use in geographical information systems for analysis and integration with other geospatial data. Data available include digital line graphs, digital elevation models, and land use and land cover

USGS global land cover characterization
The land cover data are provided in a generic image array format (flat, headerless, binary raster data) to maximize the flexibility for importing into a variety of software systems. Software necessary to view or analyze these data is not provided. There are many geographic information system and image processing packages available, and they commonly include modules to import generic raster data

USGS National Water Quality Assessment data warehouse
"The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began its NAWQA (National Water Quality Assessment) program in 1991, systematically collecting chemical, biological, and physical water quality data from 42 study units (basins) across the nation. The data warehouse contains and links to...data..."

USGS Washington Water Science Center
Home page of the Washington Water Science Center of the USGS, which provides information on Washington's water resources for the overall benefit of the state and the nation. The activities of the Water Science Center include: collection of hydrologic data; water-resources investigations and assessments; basic and problem-oriented hydrologic research; acquisition of information useful in predicting and delineating water-related natural hazards; scientific and technical assistance in hydrologic studies

USGS water resources
Home page for water resources information from the U.S. Geological Survey

USGS water resources maps and GIS information

Virtual Bangladesh. Politics
Political page of the Web site Virtual Bangladesh. Also contains results from the 1991 and 1996 elections

Virtual Oregon
Virtual Oregon is a data coordination center, established in May 2000 at Oregon State University with seed funding from the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, to: *archive and distribute environmental and other place-based data on Oregon and associated areas via an innovative web interface; *identify key data sets that are not yet available to users; and *facilitate development of statewide standards for archiving, documenting, and disseminating data

Vital and health statistics. Series 23, Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (EJOURNAL)

Vital and health statistics. Series 4, Documents and committee reports (EJOURNAL)

Voyages the trans-Atlantic slave trade database
"Information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries."

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