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Geospatial Resources
The purpose of this guide is to provide resources to find, analyze, and use geospatial data and other resources.
Starting points + top resources
Use the tabs at the side or the frequently visited links below to navigate through the guide.
- Washington State, King County, and City of Seattle Geoportals - local spatial data available to the public
- Access to ESRI tools via your UW credentials
- ESRI e-Learning - online GIS courses and training materials available to UW students and faculty with a UW NetID
Image credit: CC-BY GIS Overlay Process, R. Adam Dastrup
New and Interesting
- Briefings in ArcGIS StoryMapsESRI ArcGIS StoryMaps introduced a new Briefings feature, a new presentation-style product in StoryMaps. Share stories with your audience using interactive and dynamic slides.
- Washington Transit Access MapTool for advocates, planners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in understanding where transit is frequent and reliable, who has access and who doesn't.
- CMRA: Climate Mapping for Resilience and AdaptationClimate Data Portal launched Sept. 22 by the White House: depicts live statistics and maps of climate-related hazards. The CMRA integrates data from multiple federal agencies to depict hazards faced by people, property, and infrastructure.
- FIMo : Fire Insurance Maps Online
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Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska included. - NOAA Coastal ImageryOblique coastal imagery of the contiguous US coastal areas.
