Resources

Web Resources

A Quick Guide to Earth Explorer for Landsat - Short guide to using Earth Explorer
Band Designations and Resolution for Landsat – Information about the resolution and band designations for Landsat 1-8
MODIS Products Table Information about the various MODIS data products.

EarthExplorer- Search, and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products from multiple sources.
The National Map -Download Elevation, Orthoimagery, Hydrography, Geographic Names, Boundaries, etc.
USDA NRCS Geospatial Gateway- Soils, climate, geoglogy data
Forest Service Geodata Clearinghouse - The USDA Forest Service Geodata Clearinghouse is an online collection of digital data related to forest resources.
National Park Service GIS Data –Geospatial data search from the National Park Service
Global Administrative Areas (GADM) - Spatial database of the location of the world's administrative areas (or administrative boundaries).
US Census TIGER - spatial data from the Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER database, containing features such as roads, railroads, rivers, as well as legal and statistical geographic areas.
State of California Geoportal – Geospatial data resources for the State of California.
CALFIRE GIS Data - A variety of raster and vector data is available,including vegetation maps, County boundaries, and fire perimeters.
GeoMAC - Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination provides fire perimeter data that is updated daily.
CA Department of Fish & Wildlife GIS Clearinghouse- Fish and wildlife data as well as other biogeographic data.
NOAA Digital Coast - Coastal data, and more lidar
Open Topography - Open source high resolution topographic data, lidar