Geographic Information Services (GIS)

Computerized crime mapping or GIS in law enforcement agencies has experienced rapid growth, particularly since the mid 1990s. This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in tracking serial killers and predicting juvenile violence.

Interactive map that allows you to focus in on a particular address, filter data by year and/or a particular crime.

Regularly published or contributed to series of statistical crime reports and publications, detailing specific offenses and outlining trends that can help you better understand crime threats both nationally and locally.

Demographic data in the U.S. provided by the Census Bureau.

Links to external sites where you can find a wide range of data sources which are suitable for inclusion in GIS projects.

Includes information about water and air quality, waste management, water utilities and wells, drought and more.

Information on the science and population health that relates to the environment.

Basic GIS concepts and tools are explained, including ways to access and manage spatial databases. The book presents state-of-the-art methods for mapping and analyzing data on population, health events, risk factors, and health services, and for incorporating geographical knowledge into planning and policy.

Includes tips on creating health maps, health and disease data, maps, links to other credible sources, etc.

For more than 20 years, the Dartmouth Atlas Project has documented glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.

Includes data and reports on mental health in the United States.

Historical GIS introduces the basic concepts and tools underpinning GIS technology, describing and critically assessing the visualisation, analytical and e-Science methodologies that it enables and examining key scholarship where GIS has been used to enhance research debates.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation, EuroMed 2012, held in Lemesos, Cyprus, in October/November 2012. The 95 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 392 submissions.

Historical data formatted into tabular data sources, time series tables, and GIS boundary files.

Includes data about hurricanes, tornadoes, population density, hail, wind, biomass density and more topics relating to weather in the U.S.

Subtopics relating to hurricanes are available by year in GIS formats.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is committed to clear, transparent communication of our actions and policies. BOEM collects data on all facets of our offshore Oil and Gas Energy Programs and makes that information available in various formats.

Part of BSEE's responsibility in managing offshore public lands is providing the public with technical information about offshore activities. We collect data on all facets of the offshore program and publish them online in various forms.

Data and statistics by mode of transportation, region, and subject.

Students will use organized workflows, spatial analysis, and visualization to make decisions rooted in real-world issues about crime, hazards, hurricanes, demographics, and urban planning.

Here you can download GIS data for the San Antonio area that includes parks, viewsheds, boundaries, city hall, corridor plans, aerial imagery and more.

USGS has many GIS maps and data relating to water, watersheds, groundwater, aquifers, surface waters, water quality, floods, etc.

Includes links to other helpful resources relating to water conservation and drought.