New Jersey NRCS Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Contact: Gary Casabona GIS Specialist

Welcome to the web page of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), New Jersey, Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is a powerful suite of software packages designed to allow users to create, view, analyze and store spatially mapped data; as well as tabular data that are associated with the various map layers. GIS has the capability to integrate data from many different sources and can be used for various conservation applications. NRCS GIS projects include: digitizing of soil surveys, estimating runoff using the TR-55 model, watershed analyses, conservation plans, and many other applications. We provide GIS base data to our partners and service centers.

Links

NRCS digital soils data (SSURGO) may be downloaded free of charge at

National SSURGO database Data Access

USDA Links

• Geospatial Data Gateway
• National Cartographic and Geospatial Center

University Links

• Global Land Cover Facility - University of Maryland
• Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
• Precision Agriculture using GIS, GPS and remote sensing
• Rutgers Geography Topographic Map Download Depot

Other Links

• ESRI Online help for ArcMap 9.2  NEW
• Geography Network Explorer
• Global Spatial Data Iinfrastructure Association
• Google Earth
• MODIS Rapid Response System - NASA
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection GIS Website
• New Jersey Geological Survey Digital Geodata Archive
• New Jersey Geographic Information Network
• USGS GISDATA Map Studio
• USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
• Windows Live Local Powered by Virtual Earth

Last Modified: April 14, 2008