Research Guides: GIS Data: Data Sources for the New England

New Hampshire geographic data in the Library's collections

2003 NAIP Imagery by NH GRANIT
Call Number: Evans Map Room DVD-ROM G 3741 .A4 2009 .N4
From the National Agricultural Imagery Program, the state of New Hampshire.
Best available DOQs : MrSID format by GRANIT
Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM G 3741.A4 2002 .U55 discs 1-4
Publication Date: 2002
Contains digital orthophotographs of the New Hampshire quadrangles in Raster image format (georeferenced TIFF files compressed with MrSID). Coordinate Reference: NH State Plane feet, NAD83; resolution: 1 meter.
ChartTiff order CT63405 by ChartTiff Geo's
Call Number: Evans Map Room DVD-ROM G 3721 .A25 2009 .C43
Collarless topographic sheets for New Hampshire and Vermont at 1:24K, 1:100K and 1:250K.
GRANIT standard vector data by NH GRANIT
Call Number: Evans Map Room DVD-ROM G 3741.A25 2009 .N4
Publication Date: 2009
Contains standard vector data including: administrative and political boundaries; agriculture and farming; biology and ecology; cultural, society and demographic; elevation and derived products; environment and conservation; geological and geophysical; inland water resources; location and geodetic network; transportation networks; and utilities and communication.
Historic digital raster graphics by NH GRANIT
Call Number: Evans Map Room DVD-ROM G 3741 .A25 2009 .N42
Historic aerial photographs of New Hampshire georeferenced.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
New Hampshire Geodata Portal
The New Hampshire Geodata Portal, developed by the NH GRANIT Clearinghouse at UNH, facilitates the discovery and use of authoritative GIS data, web applications, and related geospatial resources for New Hampshire. (Still a work in progress).
State Data Center
This site provides direct access to numerous data files (data library) about New Hampshire. Usually these files have been modified by OEP to maximize their efficient use. Most of the data are from the Bureau of the Census and other agencies.
White Mountain National Forest
Base layers, trails and other GIS data for this national forest.

ChartTiff order CT63405 by ChartTiff Geo's
Call Number: Evans Map Room DVD-ROM G 3721 .A25 2009 .C43
Collarless topographic sheets for New Hampshire and Vermont at 1:24K, 1:100K and 1:250K.
Vermont GIS starter kit 1.2
Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM G 70.215 .U6 V47 2004
Provides VCGI base map data including: contours, roads, rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, town and county boundaries, place names, land use/cover, and many other basic themes of information (other layers available through the VCGI website), which can be used to create mapping projects.
Vermont soil data CD by Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM S 599 .V5 V47 2001
Contains SSURGO certified soil data for nine counties as well as uncertified data for one county in Vermont. The data is available as ARC/INFO coverage or ARC/INFO interchange (.e00) file format. Twenty of the most widely used attributes for each county are included in a top 20 table.
Vermont topographic maps by Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM G 3750 2003 .V47 discs 1-3
A set of geo-referenced, scanned TIFF image files generated from USGS Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) files. DRGs are created from 1:24K series USGS topographic maps.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
Green Mountain National Forest
Data for the Green Mountain National Forest is in VCGI under Tourism and Recreation and other folders. You can do a search for the national forest to find all of the layers.
VCGI: Vermont Center for Geographic Information
VCGI is a public non-profit supported in part by the State of Vermont (through the property transfer tax) and in part through grants and fees paid for the products and services it provides to clients (e.g. the VT Agency of Transportation and the VT Enhanc
1962, 1963 & 1964 Aerial Photography of Vermont
Aerial photography of Vermont from the early 1960's has been digitized and made available online from the VCGI.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
Maine GEOLibrary
The mission of the GeoLibrary is to create an electronic gateway to public geographic information, and to expand and promote the value of geographic spatial data through widespread distribution and innovative use for the benefit of Maine's citizens.
MEGIS: Maine Geographic Information System
The state's official GIS web presence. MEGIS provides technical support for Maine GIS data, estimates on custom mapping, as well as consultation on data and application development, as time permits.
White Mountain National Forest
Base layers, trails and other GIS data for this national forest.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
MassGIS: Massachusetts Geographic Information System
MassGIS is the Commonwealth's Office of Geographic and Environmental Information, within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Through MassGIS, the Commonwealth has created a comprehensive, statewide database of spatial information.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
GIS at DEP plays an important role in their mission of protecting and preserving the environment for present and future generations. DEP develops and maintains a statewide system that can integrate and analyze large amounts of spatial map and file data.
Connecticut GIS User to User Network
This site's main purpose is to act as a forum for all GIS activities in Connecticut.
MAGIC: Maps and Geographic Information Center, UConn
The Map Library at the University of Connecticut helps disseminate the state's GIS data to all types of users.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online and download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.
RIGIS: Rhode Island Geographic Information System
The Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) is a consortium of government and private organizations employing computer and communications technology to manage and use a collective database of comprehensive geographically related information.