Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Home

The UCI Libraries' Multimedia Research Center makes High Performance Computing and Specialized Software available on site to UCI faculty, staff, and students. ArcGiS 10 is available at MRC (2 licenses).

Please contact the MRC for hours and access information.
Phone - 949-824-7072;
Email - libmrc@uci.edu

""Virtual Computer Lab (VCL) allows all UCI undergraduate students to access university-licensed computer applications via the Internet. VCL allows you to work from home or any location with a high-speed Internet connection. Using their campus login and password, students are now able to log in to http://vcl.oit.uci.edu to gain access to a range of software that is normally only available for use in our public access computer labs located on campus. VCL is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available free of charge."

18 Aug 2016: Instructions to UCI Students for Installing ArcGIS Software on Their PC - Posted by
OIT.

"The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is responsible for supporting the IT needs of UC Irvine faculty, students, and staff. Our mission is to provide information technology leadership, services, and innovative solutions to promote the research, education and community service goals of the University."

"Natural Earth is a public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software."

"You do not need to be a Stanford student or faculty or staff member to access the vast treasures of the Rumsey Map collection, nor do you need to visit the university or its new Center. Since 1996, the Rumsey collection’s online database has been open to all, currently offering anyone with an internet connection access to 67,000 maps from all over the globe, spanning five centuries of cartography. Rumsey’s holdings constitute, writes Wired, “the dopest map collection on Earth,” and though its physical housing at Stanford is a huge boon to academic researchers, its online archive is yours for the browsing, searching, and downloading, whoever and wherever you are."

"A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends."

An online application that provides access to detailed tables and maps for population, housing and businesses.

ArcGIS open access mapping platform.

Links to Geospatial Files and Applications from MAF/TIGER database. Also links to Census Data Mapper is a web mapping application intended to provide users with a simple interface to view, save and print county-based demographic maps of the United States.

"Census Reporter is a Knight News Challenge-funded project to make it easier for journalists and other data users to write stories and grants using statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Place profiles and comparison pages provide a friendly interface for navigating data..."

"Esri is a software development and services company providing Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management ... A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, interpret, and understand data to reveal relationships, patterns, and trends..."

Your one stop for federal, state and local geographic data.

Google Earth Pro is now free. It is available for download and license key here:
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2015/01/google-earth-pro-is-now-free.html .

"MapED is a dynamic data mapping tool that provides geographic context to NCES, Census, and other education demographic datasets. Create customized maps using the Interactive Data Map or explore pre-existing Story Maps."

"Online U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications."

SimplyAnalytics is a web-based analytics, and data visualization application that makes it easy for anyone to create interactive maps, charts, and reports. Mapping application that lets users create thematic maps & reports using demographic, census, business, & marketing data (Nielsen P$YCLE, Nielsen ConneXions, Nielsen PRIZM, MRI Consumer Survey, & EASI Life Stage Data). Restricted to UCI and access is restricted to 3 simultaneous users (please try again later if refused).

Social Explorer provides easy-to-use tools for visual exploration of demographic information, from census and economic data to election and religion data, and more. With these interactive online tools, users can visually explore change over time and understand the patterns behind the raw numbers.

Find geographic data and products such as the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, KMLs, TIGERweb, cartographic boundary files, geographic relationship files, and reference and thematic maps.

ArcGIS open access mapping platform.

Created to help law enforcement agencies put crime data in the hands of citizens. CR standardizes the way law enforcement agencies communicate crime data to the public, down to the specific neighborhood or block they live on

"[f]ly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even explore galaxies in the Sky. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places and share with others..."

Provides directions, interactive maps, and satellite aerial imagery of the United States. On May 25, 2007, Google released Street View, which provides 360° panoramic street-level views of various U.S. cities.

LAPD Crime Maps - Get up-to-date crime statistics for neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles. Being informed about crime in your community is the first step in preventing future occurrences.

The National Map, the USGS' online, interactive map service. You can view The National Map by using your Web browser (no special software or download required).

"SimplyAnalytics is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States."

Social Explorer provides easy-to-use tools for visual exploration of demographic information, from census and economic data to election and religion data, and more. With these interactive online tools, users can visually explore change over time and understand the patterns behind the raw numbers.

The TerraServer-USA Web site is one of the world's largest online databases, providing free public access to a vast data store of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.