Geographic Information Systems

Appendix II: Digital Data Sources In North America

U.S. Sources: Landsat Data
EOSAT
4300 Forbes Blvd.
Lanham, MD 20706
(800) 344-9933; SPOT Data
SPOT Image Corporation
1897 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 22091
(703) 620-2200; AVEIRR, Coastal Zone Color Scanner, GOES and SEASAT Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
National Climatic Center
Satellite Data Services Division
Washington, DC 20233
(301) 763-8399; Landsat and AVHRR Data
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
EROS Data Center
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
(605) 594-6511; DLG Files, Digital Elevation Data, NWI Data and Land Use/Land Cover Data
National Cartographic Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston, VA 22092
(703) 860-6045; TIGER File Data and Census Attribute Data Sets
Customer Services Branch
Data User Services Division
Bureau of the Census
Washington, DC 20233
(301) 763-4100; Soils Data
National Cartographic Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
P.O. Box 6567
Fort Worth, TX 76115
(817) 334-5559
Canadian Sources: RadarSat International
275 Slater St., Suite 1203
Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5H9
(613) 238-6413
or
RadarSat International
Satellite Data Distribution Centre
3851 Shell Road, Suite 200
Richmond, British Columbia V6X 2W2
(604) 244-0400; National Digital Topographic Data
Topographic Surveys Division
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada
615 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E9
(613) 992-0924; Data From the Canada Land Data System
(includes the Canada Geographic Information System)
Environmental Information Systems Division
State of the Environment Reporting Branch
Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3
(613) 997-2800; Data from the Canada Soils Information System
CanSIS Project Leader
Land Resource Research Center
Agriculture Canada, Research Branch
K.W. Neatby Building
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
(613) 995-5011

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