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Search & Access Spatial Data
Examples of spatial data that you might use in
your courses include:
- aerial photographs
- business & industry statistics
- consumer data
- country statistics
- demographics
- election data
- ethnographic data
- field & survey data
- health data
- historical maps
- literary texts and narratives
- primary texts
- sociographical data
Spatial Information Resources guide
Spatial data--particularly the files used by GIS software, can be
found online at a number of websites which offer free and for-fee data
files for download.
Data on the campus repository:
A directory on Trinity's campus network
serves as a repository for frequently used data sets, including a number
of campus map layers. Data purchased for use and data created by Trinity
faculty, students, and staff can also be stored there. The repository
can be accessed directly from ArcGIS Desktop, once the network drive has
been mapped.
- City of San Antonio/Bexar County
GIS data (with projection assigned)
- Campus aerial photos and CAD lines
- Texas geographic boundaries
including census geographies
- World CountryWatch demographic and
economic data
Additionally, ESRI's Data & Maps sets
can be accessed on the network by contacting
Jeremy Donald to obtain
the directory path and instructions for access.
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