Zillow.com announced the opportunity for consumers to contribute updated and detailed information about their homes to Zillow’s national database. Homeowners can add features such as a recent kitchen remodel, deck addition or parking, and create their own estimate based on inside information not included in public record. By opening up its expansive database, Zillow makes homeowners a more active part of the Zillow community, letting them tell others, directly, all about their most important asset: their home. A cool addition to this popular resource – see more at www.zillow.com
Archives for September 20, 2006
Photographers – take note of this cool contest and share the experience
Just found this one from the BLM website – The Share the Experience Photo Contest is the official photo contest for the new America the Beautiful – The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. ter the “Share the Experience™” Photo Contest for the chance to have your photograph featured on the 2008 Federal Recreational Lands Pass – other cool prizes include an SUV, digital cameras, and photo gear… I’m all over this one! Good luck – See http://nationalparks.eprize.net/experiencephoto/
KGS GIS Data – Kentucky
Access to all the geological survey’s GIS data products including topos, DEMs, transportation data, soils, base maps, political boundaries, hydrology and more. See http://www.uky.edu/KGS/gis/kgs_gis.html
KRGMAPS – Kentucky DRGs
Free download of Kentucky topo maps via a very slick, simple interface. KRGMAPS provides High Resolution Topographic Map Images in Kentucky Single State Plane Zone, NAD 83, US Survey Feet. Available as MrSID or TIF… nice! see http://www.uky.edu/KGS/gis/krgweb/index.html
West Virginia Q3 flood data
Free ftp download of Q3 flood data, DFIRM, and county flood themes – see ftp server at ftp://ftp.wvgis.wvu.edu/pub/Clearinghouse/water_resources/Q3_Flood/
West Virginia State GIS Technical Center
The WV GIS TC has an ambitious goal to provide focus, direction and leadership to users of geographic information systems (GIS), digital mapping and remote sensing within the State of West Virginia. Data hounds will be pleased to find loads of freely available data products available here, in addition to many other useful GIS resources. At the heart of this portal for many users is the data access mechanism. Simply click the “GIS Data” link which will present a pull-down list with tons of thematic layers to select from. See http://wvgis.wvu.edu/index.php
Land Information BC Discovery Service
From the BC Ministry of sustainable resource management (MSRM), discover geospatial datasets for British Columbia. Explore human and cultural data, land info, imagery and base maps, legal/admin and more – see http://srmapps.gov.bc.ca/metastar/browse.do
W. Australia – WALIS
Search the WALIS database for western Australia data products including aerial photography, hydrographic data and much more. See http://waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au/interragator/
Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)
The ASDD is an essential component of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI). The gateway to the ASDD is maintained by Geoscience Australia on behalf of ANZLIC – the Spatial Information Council, as part of its broader Australian Government responsibility for the ASDI. See http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/search.html
University of Arkansas Spatial Library
The University of Arkansas Spatial Library is a massive (multi-terabyte) Oracle database holding a wide range of geospatial data sets in an OGC-compliant interoperable form. See http://www.cast.uark.edu/UASL/ or jump directly to http://www.cast.uark.edu/UASL/raw_DOQ/index.html
Datasets include DRG, DOQ and landsat imagery