Regional GIS Analysis Examples in California
The URLs in this collection link to a variety of state projects that utilize GIS analysis.
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Biogeography Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara
The UCSB Biogeography Lab produced one of the first state-wide landcover maps. This map is still available, and is useful for many planning purposes. |
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Riverside County Integrated Project,
The Maps page contains a short list of land use area maps used by the various offices in Riverside County. The maps are viewable online, but are not downloadable. |
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| Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program, MDEP Contains a wealth of information about California’s Mojave Desert. The website includes a data link for a variety of map data, and also has an interactive maps page. The website attempts to be “a comprehensive, shared scientific database that includes easy Internet access to Geospatial natural resource data for the entire Mojave Ecoregion and is a model for the sharing and integration of resource data and expertise.” |
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Sacramento Area Council of Governments, SACOG, Mapping Center - Geographic Information Systems
Contains a variety of data about the six county region of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties. It contains downloadable information, including administrative boundaries, demographic info, information about land ownership parcel maps (but not the maps themselves), land classification, physical geography and resource information, transportation, regional infrastructure, street centerlines, and transit data. Also available are information about various plans for the region. |
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