Other Data Resources

The following list includes agency sites and GIS data clearinghouses in Minnesota; each providing access to a variety of spatial data resources.

State of Minnesota Data Sources:

Minnesota Geospatial Commons
https://gisdata.mn.gov/


Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/data/environmental-data-access.html
 

Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MnAg)
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/gis

 

Minnesota State Legislature:
Legislative Coordinating Commission

http://www.gis.leg.mn/

 

State of Minnesota Demographic Center
http://www.demography.state.mn.us/

 

Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources
Map Portal (BWSR)

http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/maps/


Metropolitan Regional Sources:

Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
http://giswebsite.metc.state.mn.us/Default.aspx


University of Minnesota Sources:

University of Minnesota U-Spatial

https://research.umn.edu/units/uspatial
 

John R. Borchert Map Library
https://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert/gis-data

 

University of Minnesota
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs

http://www.cura.umn.edu/


Federal Sources:

USGS Minnesota
Water Science Center

http://mn.water.usgs.gov/infodata/
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/states/m/mn_gis_data.html

 

National Weather Service GIS Portal
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/gis/


U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/


Other Sources:

Landsat
(Free Minnesota Satellite Imagery)

http://www.landsat.com/minnesota-free-gis-data.html