1. GIS Data: Using it, Finding it, Storing it
Hannah fIscher
Senior research librarian
Congressional research service
The views expressed herein are those of the author and are not presented as those of the Congressional Research Service or the Library of Congress.

2. My Background: MLIS & GIS Training
Map of the Sahel Region: Energy Resource Deposits,
Extremist Group Areas of Operation, and French Troop Deployments.
Published in Esri’s Mapping the Nation after receiving a release from the Congressional office.

3. Agenda ArcGIS Online Free Accounts: Mapping Data Quickly
GIS Data Sources
Storing GIS Data: a SharePoint Intranet Example

4. Putting Data in Context: ArcGIS Online
An example of the kind of map we can make using ArcGIS Online and other mapping programs.

5. Common Formats of GIS Data
ShapeFiles, or .shp
KML files, or .kml (Google Earth files)
Geodatabase, or gdb
Feature services
CSV Files, or .csv (often from Excel)
Excel files (need to geocode these or, if longitude and latitude data is included, need to find the XY data)

6. Selected GIS Data Sources
Data.gov Geodata
ArcGIS Gallery
Department of State Humanitarian Information Unit
Census TIGER line boundary files
National Historic Geographic Information System
Data.opengeoportal.org
United Nations Humanitarian Data Exchange
State Data Clearinghouse from DeLorme

7. GIS CenterPoint: Our Intranet & Data Sharing Space

8. GIS CenterPoint Data Library

9. Questions?
Contact Information:
Hannah Fischer