Data Repository Quick Links
Maps and GIS Data
- EarthWorksBrowse by category or location. Search for data by placename, subject, data type, and institution.
- Share Geo OpenShareGeo Open is a spatial data repository that promotes data sharing between creators and users of spatial data.
- Federal Geographic Data CommitteeThe FGDC coordinates the sharing of geographic data, maps, and online services through an online portal, GeoPlatform.gov, that searches metadata held within the NSDI Clearinghouse Network.
- National Geographic PDF Quads from USGSPrintable USGS topographical quads
- GeoplatformThe GeoPlatform provides shared and trusted geospatial data, services, and applications for use by the public and by government agencies and partners to meet their mission needs.
University of Chicago Map Data Sets
A set of ESRI shapefiles can be located at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/uofcgis.html
- Ancient Near East Site Maps from the Oriental Institute
This first installment of the Oriental Institute Map Series presents seven Site Maps covering the ancient Near East (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses set against a plain background. All Site Maps are Simple Conic projections at the same scale and orientation - Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL)
Throughout its impressive history the Middle East has both influenced people’s activities and simultaneously been transformed by them. In order to understand its people, their societies, and how our world continues to develop it is critical to understand the continually evolving Middle Eastern landscape. The Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL) at the Oriental Institute is dedicated to investigating this region through a longitudinal study of its landscapes.