Map Data and Image Core Sources
Shared Timeline
- Timeline (Google Spreadsheet)
Lecture: Jeff Essic (Data Librarian) on Data Resources
ARCMap Workshop Resources (some are redundant to ones below):
- Wake County (and Raleigh) GIS http://www.wakegov.com/gis/services/Pages/data.aspx
- USGS Map viewer http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/
- Earth Explorer (satellite images + aerial photograph) http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
- ArcGIS Online Login Request (And ArcGIS software download)
- GIS Data Sources from NCSU Library by Jeff Essic
GIS Data:
- NCSU Library Data Sources http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/datalist.html
- Wake County (and Raleigh) GIS http://www.wakegov.com/gis/services/Pages/data.aspx
- NC One Map (for state wide data- go to Geospatial Portal link in 3rd paragraph: http://www.nconemap.com/DiscoverGetData.aspx
- NC One Map Parcels per county: http://data.nconemap.gov/downloads/vector/parcels/
- National Historic GIS (can download historic census data shape files): https://nhgis.org/
- State Archives Digital Collection: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/home/collections/gis-data
- Social Explorer- For census based data (great data, but cant download shape files) http://www.socialexplorer.com
- HeritageQuest (census and other social data) https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/databases/more_info.php?database=30758
Historic Maps and Images Sources:
- UNC Library http://www2.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/
- NSCU Library https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/historic.html
- Sanborn Maps https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/maps/sanborn.html
- Historic Map Archives, University of Alabama http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/northcarolina/index2.html
- Historic Preservation Register (scroll down) http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb//
- Historic Preservation Register (scroll down) http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb//
- data can be downloaded here: http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/gis/CountyDisclaimers.html#DataDownload
- Historic Preservation Register (scroll down) http://gis.ncdcr.gov/hpoweb//
- State Archives http://archives.ncdcr.gov/Public/Digital-Collections-and-Publications
- State Archives flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/north-carolina-state-archives/albums
- NC Digital Collections: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/
Voter / Elections Data:
- State Board of Elections Data and Statistics: https://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/data-statistics
- http://enr.ncsbe.gov/voter_stats/ (breakout per election)
- NC Legislature Re-redistricting: http://www.ncleg.net/representation/redistricting.aspx
- NC Congressional Districts 1941- 1992: http://www.ncleg.net/GIS/Download/ReferenceDocs/2011/NC%20Congressional%20Districts%20-%20Historical%20Plans%20-%201941-1992.pdf
Libraries and Archives:
- Olivia Raney Local History Museum: Online catalog of resources/documents but must visit library to get access to items. (local history archives including cemetery catalogs, historic maps, news papers, annuals/yearbooks, etc. also has Elizabeth Murray Reid’s paper)
- State Archives: http://archives.ncdcr.gov/
- NC State Library: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/
- Registry of Deeds: http://www.wakegov.com/rod/records/search/Pages/default.aspx (online scans of all property deeds, must know grantee or grantor name OR deed book # to access.
- Voter Data: Wake County: http://www.wakegov.com/elections/data/Pages/data.aspx
- North Carolina Historical Review: http://www.ncpublications.com/nchr/
Blogs, Neighborhood Associations, and Other:
- Early Twentieth-Century Suburbs in NC by Catherine Bishir and Lawrence Early (Cameron Park, Boylan Heights, Glenwood): http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p249901coll22/id/77746
- The Boylan Heights Neighborhood Association: http://boylanheights.org/
- Karen Benjamin’s article “Suburbanizing Jim Crow: The Impact of School Policy on Residential Segregation in Raleigh” was published in the Journal of Urban History, 38.2 (2012): 225-246.
- City of Oaks in the City of Rhetoric Blog Post: https://cityofrhetoric.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/city-of-oaks/
- Goodnight Raleigh: http://goodnightraleigh.com/
Fun Stuff and Other Data Resources
- Urban Scratch Off: historical maps of NYC that you can “scratch off” to see the contemporary city
- The Guardian’s Data Store: An Open Source Data library from The Guardian.