Skip to Main Content

GIS Center: Vector Data

Information and Resources Offered by the GIS Center at UC Merced.

Vector Data

GADM -- worldwide administrative boundaries (more detailed than Natural Earth, larger files)

Openstreetmap - online map, crowed-sourced... exported data can be used in QGIS, but not ArcGIS

Bureau of Land Management -- public lands data

California State Geoportal - maps, apps, and data from over 30 state departments

United Nations Environmental Programme -- spatial and non-spatial data on a variety of themes