Links to NCI and Other Government Data

These sources of geographic data are made available by the US government.

• Geospatial One-Stop - an e-government initiative to serve as a single portal for geospatial information from the government.
  
  

National Academy of Sciences

• Licensing Geographic Data and Services - not a data source, but a study on licensing geographic data and services to and from government.
  
  

National Cancer Institute

• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Reports (SEER) program - includes databases, software, and reports.
  
  

US Geological Survey

• US water data
  
  
• National Atlas - includes interactive maps and downloadable data.
  
  
• The National Map - includes national and local maps and data, publications, and software tools.
  
  
• USGS node of the National Geospatial Program Office - a component of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
  
  

Census Bureau

• US Census Bureau - geographic products and resources based on the US Census and Census Tracts.
  
  
• Cartographic Boundary Files - selected generalized extracts from the Census Bureau's TIGER geographic database.
  
  

Environmental Protection Agency

• EnviroMapper Storefront - an online tool used to map various types of environmental information at the national, state, and county levels.
  

Centers for Disease Control

• WISQUARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) - an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.
  
  
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - self-reported data on health-related behaviors by state & county.
  
  
• GIS and Public Health - a Web site designed to provide information on GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, at the National Center for Health Statistics and in the larger public health community. Includes selected mortality maps from the Atlas of United States Mortality.
  
  
• GATHER - Geographic Analysis Tool for Health & Environmental Research. Provides health-related spatial data and functionality from the Centers for Disease Control and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Includes Environmental Health Analyst interactive tool.
  
  

Federal Geographic Data Committee

• Federal Geographic Data Committee - an interagency committee which is developing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
  
  
• National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - a searchable collection of over 250 spatial data servers containing digital geographic data primarily for use in Geographic Information Systems, image processing systems, and other modelling software.
  
  

National Library of Medicine

• TOXNET - a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
  
  

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Major Activities in GIS at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics - information and spatial data about the US transportation network.