Northwest GeoData Clearinghouse
Department of Geology -- Portland State University

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Interactive Geologic Map of Oregon

PSU Geology Data Sets

• PSU MS/PhD Theses. Thesis proposal abstracts, Thesis abstracts, and full-text versions of recent MS theses.
• Coastal Studies Portal to our recent Coastal Research studies in collaboration with other agencies and institutions.
• Glacier Research From Antarctica to Alaska, with an interactive map of Western States glaciers.
• Geothermal Resources for Southern Oregon. ARC/Info database, E00 files.
• Northwest Earthquake Information. Pacific NW Earthquake Database and Seismic Hazard Maps for Oregon.
• Pacific Shoreline Database. Physical shoreline resources of ocean beaches in WA, OR, & N. CA
• Gravity survey through the Portland Hills light-rail tunnel
• Landslide Information

Oregon Data Sites

• Oregon State Service Center for Geographic Information Systems
• Oregon Well Log database -Oregon Department of Water Resources water well logs
• Oregon Climate Service - Summary of Climate in various regions of Oregon
• Western Regional Climate Center -All types of climate and snow pack data
• Oregon Hydrologic Data - From U.S. Geological Survey
• USGS GeoData - Digital maps at various scales and in various formats
• USGS Seamless National Elevation Data (NED) - Click and drag to select and download seamless DEMs
• Digital Geologic Maps - From U.S. Geological Survey Western Region
  • Digital Geologic Map of Oregon. ARC/Info format. U.S. Geological Survey
  • Interactive version of Geologic Map of Oregon. From PSU Geology
• Oregon Geographic Names. Lat/Long, elevation, county, and quadrangle name for places in Oregon
• Oregon Clickable DEM Map. A visual index map that can be used for finding the correct DEM, DRG or DOQ

Regional Data Sites

• Regional Ecosystem Office - Data related to NW Forest Plan, including 10m DEMs, and 1:24k DRGs

National Geospatial Clearinghouse Links

• World Data Site. Site coordinating data sets from around the world
• National Geosciences Data Repository System. US Data Sets. Maintained by American Geological Institute
• USGS Geospatial Clearinghouse
• U.S. National Atlas. Download ArcView layers, or view atlas interactively

Digital Maps

• TopoZone.com Scanned images of USGS topographic maps for the entire US
• World-Wide listing of sources for digital elevation data
• USGS Geospatial Data availability - Available data and links to the various data sources
• USGS Map Finder - Find the scale and type of map you want
• USGS GeoData - Digital maps at various scales and in various formats
• EROS Data Center - Satellite and map data
• TerraServer - U.S. aerial photographs and topo maps from Microsoft and partners
• Geography Network - Downloadable GIS layers from various mapservers, coordinated by ESRI

Commercial Sites

These sites are listed because they are rich sources of original Pacific NW data

• Portland Metro Data Resource Center - GIS Information for the Portland, OR, area
• Spencer B. Gross Photogrammetry

Miscellaneous

• MetaData Standards
• U.S. Geological Survey National Mapping Division
• SpatialHydrology - Tools and Data for GIS modelling in Hydrology and other disciplines

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Page Last Updated: September, 2007