GIS PENNSYLVANIA

By Ana Londono

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/access/download.shtml very complete website, it seems to condense all the institutions with GIS information

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/documents/datalist.cgi/dcnr/pags. Physiographic provinces for the state and glacial limit maps

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/gismaps/digital.aspx. Several links, groundwater info, oil wells. For water well it is necessary to open a free account

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map1/bedmap.aspx#entirestate. Link for bedrock geology map of the state

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/guides/pageomaps.html. Geology maps in MrSid format of counties in 1:126,700, 1:24,000, 1:50,000 scales and 1:62,500 for other areas in the US

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/gismaps/topos.aspx. USGS DRG’s from the state

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/gismaps/aerials.aspx

(ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda for DOQQ downloading)

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map13/map13.aspx (Nice map in PDF format of physiographic provinces)

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/oilandgas/pa_iris_home.aspx (information of wells, it is necessary to join a partnership when accessing from the web)

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/lancco/ Maps of Lancaster County (topo, roads, land use, between others)

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/access/compendium.shtml Compendium of layers for the state, coal areas, carbonate, railroads, rivers, watersheds, etc

http://www.pamagic.org/ Several links for GIS info (under GIS links tab), including soil surveys. For soil surveys just a few counties have complete info for downloading. Soil Survey Programs | Pennsylvania NRCS

http://gis2.pasda.psu.edu/pasda/datawiz/dataaccess.asp Complementary information for data downloading

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/access/surfgeol.shtml geology layers for every county

http://www.lighthouse.nrcs.usda.gov/gateway/gatewayhome.html (information for states)

ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ams/prism/data/states/pa (precipitation data)

ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ams/prism/maps/ (precipitation maps)

http://gismapping.clintoncountypa.com/website/parcelviewer/viewer.htm

http://www.pasda.psu.edu/access/padot.shtml (information from department of transportation)