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["DATA\nSOURCES","Name","Description","URL"]
["Vector & Raster","British Antarctic Survey data repository","Polar dataset repository","https://data.bas.ac.uk/"]
[null,"Global Forest Watch Open Data Portal","Various conservation datasets","http://data.globalforestwatch.org/"]
[null,"NASA Earthdata","Vector and raster data repository","https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search"]
[null,"NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center","Socioeconomic geospatial data repository","https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/sets/browse"]
[null,"Natural Earth","Free vector and raster map data at various scales","https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/"]
[null,"Resource Watch","Global conservation datasets","https://resourcewatch.org/data/explore"]
[null,"UNEP-WCMC","Conservation data repository","https://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-data"]
[null,"USGS National Map Downloader","Vector and raster data repository","https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/"]
["Vector","eBird","Data on bird observations around the world","https://ebird.org/science/download-ebird-data-products"]
[null,"GADM","World administrative boundaries, non-commercial use only","https://gadm.org/index.html"]
[null,"Geofabrik","OpenStreetMap data extracts","https://download.geofabrik.de/"]
[null,"Global Islands Explorer","USGS global shoreline vector database (islands & mainland)","https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gie/"]
[null,"GSHHG (Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database)","Global vector shorelines, landmasses, bodies of water","https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/"]
[null,"HOT Export Tool","OpenStreetMap extractor","https://export.hotosm.org/en/v3/"]
[null,"Human Footprint","Global data layers showing human pressure","http://wcshumanfootprint.org/"]
[null,"HydroSHEDS","Global drainage and watershed vectors at various resolutions","https://hydrosheds.org/downloads"]
[null,"iNaturalist export tool","Export global citizen science data from iNaturalist","https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export"]
[null,"NGA/BGN Populated Places","Global populated places database","https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/namefiles.html"]
[null,"Land Use Harmonization 2.0","Global land use estimates and projections, 850-2100","https://luh.umd.edu/"]
[null,"Overpass Turbo","OpenStreetMap extractor","https://overpass-turbo.eu/"]
[null,"Protected Areas Database of the United States","USGS Protected Area database","https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/pad-us-data-download?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects"]
[null,"Resolve Ecoregions","Global ecoregions and biomes","https://ecoregions2017.appspot.com/"]
[null,"VLIZ Marine Regions","Global marine place names and areas","http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php"]
[null,"WDPA","World Database on Protected Areas (*not definitive or complete*)","https://www.protectedplanet.net/"]
["Raster","30-Meter SRTM Tile Downloader","30m resolution global DEMs (digital elevation models)","http://dwtkns.com/srtm30m/"]
[null,"ESA/CCI Global Land Cover","300m resolution annual global land cover","https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org/?q=node/175"]
[null,"EU Global Human Settlement","Global urban centers database","https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ucdb2018Overview.php"]
[null,"FROM Global Land Cover","Various land cover datasets","http://data.ess.tsinghua.edu.cn/"]
[null,"GEBCO Gridded Bathymetry Data","Approx. 30m resolution global bathymetry models","https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/"]
[null,"LandScan","Global population distribution data","https://geospatial.com/products/population-thematic-data/landscan/"]
[null,"NASA Visible Earth","Small scale Blue Marble global satellite imagery","https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble?page=1"]
[null,"SRTM Tile Grabber","90m resolution global DEMs","https://dwtkns.com/srtm/"]
[null,"USGS Earth Explorer","Satellite image repository","https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/"]
[null,"Viewfinder Panoramas Digital Elevation Data","DEMs at various resolutions","http://viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html"]
[null,"WorldClim","Maps, graphs, tables, and data of the global climate","https://worldclim.org/"]
["Other","2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository","Johns Hopkins CSSE repository of global COVID-19 data","https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19"]
[null,"NYT Coronavirus (Covid-19) Data in the United States","NYT’s repository of US state and county COVID-19 data","https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data"]

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["GIS TOOLS &\nREF","Name","Description","URL"]
["Software","Esri ArcGIS Online & StoryMaps","Browser-based platforms; license available upon request for NGS staff and Explorers, free limited functionality account for anyone","https://www.arcgis.com/index.html"]
[null,"Esri MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)","Online courses covering various GIS and mapping topics","https://www.esri.com/training/mooc/"]
[null,"Esri ArcGIS Pro","Desktop platform; license available upon request for NGS staff and Explorers","https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/overview"]
[null,"Esri ArcGIS Tutorials and Learning","Lessons, tutorials, resources for learning ArcGIS software","https://learn.arcgis.com/en/"]
[null,"GeoDa","Bare-bones open source spatial data analysis tool","https://geodacenter.github.io/"]
[null,"Google Earth Pro","3D desktop platform with some GIS and visualization capabilities","https://www.techspot.com/downloads/1018-google-earth.html"]
[null,"Open Drone Map","Open source drone mapping software","https://www.opendronemap.org/"]
[null,"QGIS","Open source desktop GIS platform, system agnostic","https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html"]
[null,"QGIS Tutorials and Tips","Lessons, tutorials, resources for learning QGIS","https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/"]
[null,"R","Open source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics","https://cran.r-project.org/index.html"]
[null,"R Studio","Free integrated development environment (IDE) for R","https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/"]
["Browser-based tools","Digital Earth Africa","Online service for viewing and analyzing continental data for Africa","https://maps.digitalearth.africa/"]
[null,"EPSG.io","Coordinate system codes","https://epsg.io/"]
[null,"Google Earth","3D platform with some GIS and visualization capabilities","https://www.google.com/earth/"]
[null,"Mapbox","Open source web mapping platform","https://www.mapbox.com/"]
[null,"Mapshaper","Vector simplification and file type conversion tool","https://mapshaper.org/"]
[null,"NGA GeoNames","US Govt geographic names database","https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/"]
[null,"UW Cartography Lab - Web Mapping","A Workbook for Interactive Cartography and Visualization on the Open Web","https://github.com/uwcartlab/webmapping"]
["Mobile tools","Avenza Maps app","Free offline mapping and GPS tracking app","https://www.avenzamaps.com/maps/how-it-works.html"]
[null,"Esri Survey123","Mobile data collection and survey/questionnaire app; available through NGS Esri account","https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/survey123/overview"]
[null,"Gaia GPS app","Paid mapping and GPS tracking app","https://www.gaiagps.com/"]
[null,"GPS Diagnostic","iPhone app to check mobile phone GPS signal","https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gps-diagnostic-satellite-test/id1020967894"]
[null,"GPS Status & Toolbox","Android app to check mobile phone GPS signal","https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&hl=en_US"]
[null,"KoBoToolbox","Free suite of  tools for field data collection.","https://www.kobotoolbox.org/"]
["Other","Antipodes map","Find the antipode (opposite point) of any place on Earth","https://www.antipodesmap.com/"]
[null,"Great circle calculator","Does what its name says! Shortest distance between two points","https://ppete2.github.io/Leaflet.PolylineMeasure/demo1.html"]
[null,"HOT Tasking Manager","Contribute to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap projects","https://tasks.hotosm.org/"]
[null,"The True Size Of","Compare country sizes on a Mercator projection","https://www.thetruesize.com/"]
[null,"UCGIS Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK) ","Open source collection of materials including many field mapping and cartographic topics","https://gistbok.ucgis.org/"]
["Useful mapping orgs.","American Association of Geographers (AAG)","Association of mostly academic geographers","http://www.aag.org/"]
[null,"American Geographical Society (AGS)","Association of professional geographers","https://americangeo.org/"]
[null,"American Geophysical Union (AGU)","Association of Earth and space scientists","https://www.agu.org/"]
["This sheet","NGS Mapping Resources",null,"http://bit.ly/NGS_mapping_resources"]

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["GRAPHICS TOOLS & REF","Name","Description","URL"]
["Software","Adobe Creative Cloud","Graphics software suite, available upon request for NGS staff only","https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html"]
[null,"Blender","Open source 3D modeling and rendering tool, can work with DEMs","https://www.blender.org"]
[null,"Inkscape","Open source vector graphics editor, alternative to Adobe Illustrator","https://inkscape.org/"]
[null,"GIMP","Open source raster graphics editor, alternative to Adobe Photoshop","https://www.gimp.org/downloads/"]
["Browser-based tools","Chroma.js","Color palette helper","https://gka.github.io/palettes/#/9|s|00429d,96ffea,ffffe0|ffffe0,ff005e,93003a|1|1"]
[null,"ColorBrewer","Color advice for cartography","https://colorbrewer2.org/"]
[null,"Color Oracle","Free color blindness simulator app","http://colororacle.org/"]
[null,"ColorSpace","Color palette helper","https://mycolor.space/?hex=%23845EC2&sub=1"]
[null,"Funwithhexcodes","Experiment with hex code colors","https://sglfrd.com/funwithhexcodes/"]
[null,"The Noun Project","Icons and Photos For Everything, some free, some licensed","https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=campsite"]
[null,"SciDraw","Free repository of high quality drawings of animals, scientific setups, and anything that might be useful for scientific presentations and posters","https://scidraw.io/"]
["Useful cartography sites","20 Unrequested Map Tips","Map tips from John Nelson","http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2013/10/20-unrequested-map-tips-part-1.html"]
[null,"British Cartographic Society","Professional org. site with many resources","https://www.cartography.org.uk/useful-links-and-resources/"]
[null,"Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS)","Resources, conferences, journals","https://cartogis.org/"]
[null,"Cartography Guide (Axis Maps)","A short, friendly guide to basic principles of map design","https://www.axismaps.com/guide/"]
[null,"Edward Tufte","Infographic workshops, books, resources","https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/"]
[null,"FlowingData","Data visualization and analysis resources from Nathan Yau","https://flowingdata.com/"]
[null,"International Cartographic Association","The international association of mapping assocations","https://icaci.org/"]
[null,"Lisa Charlotte Rost","Personal site with tips, tricks, advice, and resources for data visualization","https://lisacharlotterost.de/"]
[null,"Making Maps: DIY Cartography","Resources and ideas for making maps, from John Krygier","https://makingmaps.net/"]
[null,"Malofiej","Infographic workshops, conferences, and awards","https://www.malofiejgraphics.com/"]
[null,"Map Design Resources (Axis Maps)","Links, references, and other cartographic design information","https://www.axismaps.com/guide/general/resources/"]
[null,"North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)","Resources, conferences, journals","https://nacis.org/"]
[null,"One Minute Map Hacks","Tips and tricks from John Nelson, mostly for Esri platforms","https://adventuresinmapping.com/2019/11/01/one-minute-map-hacks/"]
[null,"Robin Tolochko","Personal site with map tips, tricks, advice, and resources","http://tolomaps.github.io/"]
[null,"Shaded Relief","Tom Patterson's resource on shaded relief, panoramas, and all things carto","http://www.shadedrelief.com/"]
[null,"Something About Maps","Cartography & mapping blog by Daniel Huffman","https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/"]
[null,"Web Design Resources (Robin Tolochko)","Resources for cartography and web design","https://github.com/tolomaps/resources"]