GIS Specialist
Tara Anthony
she/her/hers
Contact:
1A Central Pattee Library
814-863-5753
Subjects: Campus: University Park, Maps
Geospatial Data Search Strategy
- Determine geographic area of interest
- Identify local, state, and national geospatial repositories or portals
- Search based on interested theme/topic depending on the structure of the geospatial portal
- Refine search based on specific type of data and interested characteristics
- Review specific characteristics of data: year, format, attribute descriptions, accuracy, limitations, and associated metadata
Maps & Geospatial: GIS Guide
- Maps & Geospatial: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Includes public data sources from US and international sources
Maps & Geospatial: Global Partners: International Geospatial Data
Search Strategy for ArcGIS Online content and data
- Log into the Penn State ArcGIS Online Account.
- Searching the Penn State ArcGIS Online Account for gentrification and narrowing the item type to Storymaps on the left side under apps
- Example search for term gentrification and type Storymaps (Search within Penn State University Content)
- Untoggling the search in Penn State University only searches across ArcGIS Online identifies many other examples, when narrowing the item type to Storymaps
- Example search for term gentrification and type StoryMaps (ArcGIS Online: includes other organizations, users, and content providers)
- Change the item type to locate different formats that could be used as layers within projects.