Landscape Architecture: GIS and Mapping
The Data Consulting Lab at Newman Library provides support for Geographic Information System Mapping (GIS). Services offered include support for visualization of data using geospatial information systems including geocoding, georeferencing, symbolization, and lidar processing. In addition, the lab offers expert staff and two PCs equipped with GIS software.
- Geospatial Data ServicesUniversity Libraries GIS page that includes data sources for states, including the Town of Blacksburg data download, and national & international sites.
- GIS SoftwareESRI ArcGIS Desktop Education Edition available to VT students at no cost.
Questions about GIS data or software? Contact our GIS specialist at gisdata@vt.edu or 540-231-9225.
In addition to the digital resources linked below, physical maps are house in Newman Library and the Art & Architecture Library. They can be searched for using Discovery search. For assistance, get in touch with a librarian!
- Country Profiles and Mapping Information SystemCountry Profiles and Mapping Information System provides country-level reports and statistical data in FAO "fields of expertise" (namely sustainable development, economic situation, agriculture/ forestry/ fishery sectors, technical cooperation) and "priority areas" (biodiversity, biosecurity, biotechnology, climate change, ecosystem management, emergency operations, ethics, food for cities, gender, global studies, information management, integrated production systems, organic farming, spatial information, sustainable livelihoods, trade agreements).
- FIMo Fire Insurance Maps OnlineLarge-scale maps of towns and cities in Virginia and Washington, D.C., useful to urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, and environmentalists. Data contained includes the outline of each building; size, shape, and construction materials; functions of structures; locations of windows and doors; street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, and house and block numbers.
- PolicyMapPolicyMap provides data through interactive maps about communities and markets across the U.S., for research, market studies, business planning, site selection, grant applications, and impact analysis.
- USGS National Geologic Map DatabaseUSGS National Geologic Map Database provides maps and related data about: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
- OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap is a crowdsourced map of the world and free to use under an open license.
Newman Library offers a team of experts to help which finding, generating, processing, analyzing, and visualizing data. For data questions reach out to dataservices@vt.edu.