GEO_data and SAL Servers

 

See also the main SAL Information page.

See also a listing of spatial data we have listed by Types of Data

See also a messy and not particularly up-to-date list of Online Data sources links

 

In addition to geospatial data files("GEO_data"), the SAL maintains two other servers: J:\SAL_info and J:\saldata (see notes below).

 

 

GEO_data

SAL's spatial data are stored on J:\GEO\GEO_data, organized by geographic regions:

        BC (British Columbia)

        BHAM (Bellingham)

        ISLAND_County

        KING_County

        NW_Region

        SAN_JUAN_County  

        SKAGIT_County

        SNOHOMISH_County   

        USA

        WA_Census

        WA_NOAA

        WA_State

        WA_USGS

        WHATCOM_County

        WORLD

        WWU

 

In addition there are two folders with collections of data from various geographic regions:

        ESRI_data

        GISdata

 

In each folder sub-folders contain different data sets organized by type of data and/or the data provider. Thus the BHAM folder contains:

        1_COB_data            (data from the City of Bellingham)

        AirPhoto_Bham        (air photos, organized by year)

        Census_Bham          (data from the US Census, for Bellingham)

        Historical_Bham       (historical data sets)

        etc.

 

Note that as Bellingham is within Whatcom County, data covering the Bellingham area might also be found in the WHATCOM_County folder and/or the WA_State folder(s).

 

In general, the closer (geographically) to WWU, the better the data available. We have very good data for the City of Bellingham (zoning, streets, air photos, etc.) than for Seattle for example.

 

Digital data comes primarily from government agencies producing the data (e.g., the City of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State DNR, USGS, etc.). Much of this has been simply downloaded from public websites and is stored on our servers purely as a convenience to our students. Individuals requiring the most up to date data are encouraged to contact the agencies directly to insure timely data.

 

 

SAL_info
WWU tutorial materials are stored on J:/SAL_info. In addition to books and misc files specific to ESRI software, there are a series of tutorial folders:

       tut_FrontPage
       tut_GIS
       tut_GPS

       tut_PowerPoint
       tut_RS (Remote Sensing)
       tut_Scanning
       tut_SktechUp

 

 

Saldata
Class folders are stored on J:\saldata. Class folders are organized by the course number (e.g., Egeo350 or Esci447) for Huxley courses.

 

 

See also J:\SAL_info\ESRI_misc for ESRI books (pdf files) and tutorial materials.