Japan GIS/Mapping Sciences Resource Guide

(Third Edition)

Geospatial Digital Data

DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL DATA SOURCE DIRECTORY

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Front Page | Table of Contents
DIRECTORIES | GEOSPATIAL DIGITAL DATA | IMAGERY
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED MAPS

A majority of the data sets listed on this page are global in scope. They have been included because the extent of their coverage includes Japan's territories. For additional digital data sources see the Digital Data section of the Services directory..

SUBJECT-ORIENTED  and  ALPHABETIZED with DETAILS

SUBJECT-ORIENTED

  1. Aerial Photography
  2. Agriculture
  3. Cartography
  4. Climatology
  5. Demography
  6. Digital Orthophotography
  7. Earth Science
  8. Earthquakes
  9. Ecology
  10. Energy
  11. Environment
  12. Floods
  13. Forestry
  14. Gas Resources
  15. Geodesy
  16. Geography
  17. Geology
  18. Geomagnetism
  19. Geophysics
  20. Hydrography
  21. Hydrology
  22. Irrigation
  23. Meteorology
  24. Mining
  25. Oceanography
  26. Oil Resources
  27. Pollution
  28. Remote Sensing
  29. Satellite Imagery
  30. Seismology
  31. Soils
  32. Topography/Bathymetry
  33. Vegetation
  34. Water
Aerial Photography
Agriculture
  • 2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan
  • Matthews Cultivation Intensity
  • Potential Evapotranspiration
Cartography
  • ADC WorldMap
  • ArcWorld 1:3M
  • ArcWorld 1:25M
  • Digital Chart of the World
  • Digital Chart of the World in ASCII
  • Digital Detailed Information (Saimitsu Sûchi Jôhô)
  • Digital Geological Map of Japan 1:1,000,00 3rd Edition, CD-ROM (1995)
  • Digital Map 2,500 (Spatial Data Framework) (Kûkan Data Kiban)
  • Digital Map 10,000 (combined) (1:10,000 Sôgô Data)
  • Digital Map 25,000 (shorelines and administrave boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))
  • Digital Map 25,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (Chizu Gazou))
  • Digital Map 200,000 (shorelines and administrative boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))
  • Digital Map 200,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (Chizu Gazou))
  • Digital National Land Information (Kokudo Sûchi Jôhô)
  • FDMap
  • GEBCO Digital Atlas
  • GEONAME Digital Gazetteer
  • GEOnet Names Server
  • Global Ecosystem Data
  • Global Explorer
  • Global Insight (Plus)
  • The Global Gazetteer
  • Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines (GSHHS)
  • GLOBE Version 0.1
  • Gravity (1994 Edition)
  • JapanSite
  • LandInfo/Worldwide Digital Maps
  • Latitude/Longitude Index (Kei/Ido Ichiran)
  • Mountain High Maps, Version 2.0
  • Mountain High Maps Frontiers, Version 2.0
  • National Large-Scale Map Database (Kokudo Kihonzu DB)
  • Natural Placenames (Shizen Chimeishu)
  • TerrainBase CD
  • World Boundary Databank
  • World Boundary Databank-II
  • World Geophysical CD-ROM
  • World Mean Elevation Data
  • World Points
  • World Vector Shoreline (WVS)
  • WorldInfo
Climatology
  • Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data; Version 1.0
  • Change in Global Humidity Index
  • Change in Mean Annual Precipitation
  • Change in Mean Annual Temperature
  • Global Climate (GHCN)
  • Global and Hemispheric Annual Temperature Variations Between 1861 and 1991
  • Global Daily Summary (GDS)
  • Global Ecosystem Data
  • The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-Term Monthly Temperature, Precipitation, Sea Level Pressure and Station Pressure Data
  • Global Historical Fields, Version 1.0
  • Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 B.P.
  • Global Surface-Air Temperature Variations: 1851-1984
  • Global Tropical and Extratropical Cyclone Climatic Atlas (GTECCA)
  • Global Upper Air Climatic Atlas (GUACA)
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Cloudiness
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Precipitation
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Temperature
  • International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
  • Marine Climatic Atlas of the World, Ver. 1.1
  • Mean Annual Potential Evapotranspiration (PET)
  • Mean Annual Precipitation
  • Monthly Climate Anomalies: Precipitation
  • Monthly Climate Anomalies: Temperature
  • Monthly Mean Precipitation
  • Surface Crustal Temperature; Monthly Average Daytime (January 1979>
Demography
Digital Orthophotography
Earth Science
  • Experimental Calibrated Global Vegetation Index
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD1
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD2
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD3
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD4
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD5
  • Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Data Base
  • Surface Crustal Temperature; Monthly Average Daytime (January 1979>
  • World Vegetation Map
Earthquakes
  • Global Hypocenter Data Base
  • Hypocenter Associated Data
  • Natural Hazards Database on Earthquakes
Ecology
  • Global Ecosystem Data
  • Holdridge Life Zones (Ecological Zones)
  • Major Ecosystem Complexes (Olson Vegetation)
  • Natural Wetlands
  • World Wilderness Areas
Energy
  • Annual Methane Emission from Animals
  • CO2 Discharged From Fossil Fuel Consumption and Cement Production
Environment
  • Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emission Estimates from Fossil-Burning Cement Production and Gas Flaring: 1950-1994
  • Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Data Base
  • Natural Wetlands
  • NOAA Global Vegetation Index (GVI)
  • NOAA/GVI Eight-Year (1983-1990)
  • World Ocean Atlas 1994
  • World Wilderness Areas
  • World Vegetation Map
Floods
Forestry
  • 2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan
  • Potential Evapotranspiration
Gas Resources
  • Annual Methane Emission from Animals
Geodesy
Geography
  • 2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan
  • ADC WorldMap
  • ArcWorld 1:3M
  • ArcWorld 1:25M
  • Detailed Digital Land Use Information for Metropolitan Areas (Saimitsu Sûchi Jôhô)
  • Digital Chart of the World (CD-ROM Directory; 3 listings)
  • Digital Chart of the World in ASCII
  • Digital Map 2,500 (Spatial Data Framework) (Kûkan Data Kiban)
  • Digital Map 10,000 (combined) (1:10,000 Sôgô Data)
  • Digital Map 25,000 (shorelines and administrave boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))
  • Digital Map 25,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (Chizu Gazou))
  • Digital Map 200,000 (shorelines and administrative boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))
  • Digital Map 200,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (Chizu Gazou))
  • Digital National Land Information (Kokudo Sûchi Jôhô)
  • FDMap
  • GEBCO Digital Atlas
  • GEONAME Digital Gazetteer
  • GEOnet Names Server
  • Geosat Global Wind / Wave Data
  • Global Insight (Plus)
  • The Global Gazetteer
  • GLOBE Version 0.1
  • LandInfo/Worldwide Digital Maps
  • Latitude/Longitude Index (Kei/Ido Ichiran)
  • Natural Placenames (Shizen Chimeishu)
  • TerrainBase CD
  • World Boundary Databank
  • World Boundary Databank-II
  • World Points
  • World Vector Shoreline (WVS)
  • WorldInfo
Geology
  • Digital Geological Map of Japan 1:1,000,000 3rd Edition, CD-ROM (1995)
  • Digital Geological Map of East and Southeast Asia 1:2,000,000 (1997)
  • Global Relief Data CD-ROM
  • Gravity (1994 Edition)
  • World Geophysical CD-ROM
Geomagnetism
  • INTERMAGNET
  • Magnetic Anomaly Map of East Asia 1:4,000,000, 1996 (CD-ROM)
  • Marine Geophysical Trackline Data -Worldwide-
Geophysics
  • Gravity (1994 Edition)
  • Marine Geophysical Trackline Data -Worldwide-
Hydrography
  • Global Hydrographic Data
Hydrology
  • Global Hydrographic Data
Irrigation
Meteorology
  • Annual and Seasonal Global Variation in Total Ozone and Layer Mean Ozone, 1958-1989
  • Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data; Version 1.0
  • Change in Global Humidity Index
  • Change in Mean Annual Precipitation
  • Change in Mean Annual Temperature
  • Global Climate (GHCN)
  • Global and Hemispheric Annual Temperature Variations Between 1861 and 1991
  • Global Daily Summary (GDS)
  • The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-Term Monthly Temperature, Precipitation, Sea Level Pressure and Station Pressure Data
  • Global Historical Fields, Version 1.0
  • Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 B.P.
  • Global Surface-Air Temperature Variations: 1851-1984
  • Global Tropical and Extratropical Cyclone Climatic Atlas (GTECCA)
  • Global Upper Air Climatic Atlas (GUACA)
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Cloudiness
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Precipitation
  • IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Temperature
  • International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
  • Marine Climatic Atlas of the World, Ver. 1.1
  • Mean Annual Potential Evapotranspiration (PET)
  • Mean Annual Precipitation
  • Monthly Climate Anomalies: Precipitation
  • Monthly Climate Anomalies: Temperature
  • Monthly Mean Precipitation
  • Surface Crustal Temperature; Monthly Average Daytime (January 1979>
Mining
Oceanography
  • Digital Data Holdings at JODC (Temperature and Salinity, Ocean Current, Wave, Tide, Tidal Current, Moored Current, Marine Pollution, Bathymetry and Marine Geophysics, Marine Biology)
  • Geosat Global Wind / Wave Data
  • Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles
  • Global Relief Data CD-ROM
  • JODC Temperature and Salinity, Ocean Current, Tide, Moored Current, Bathymetric and Geophysical Data
  • Marine Data Sampler
  • Surface Current Data Set on CD-ROM
  • Temperature Profile Data Set on CD-ROM
  • World Ocean Atlas 1994
Oil Resources
Pollution
  • CO2 Discharged From Fossil Fuel Consumption and Cement Production
  • Digital Data Holdings at JODC (Temperature and Salinity, Ocean Current, Wave, Tide, Tidal Current, Moored Current, Marine Pollution, Bathymetry and Marine Geophysics, Marine Biology)
  • Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emission Estimates from Fossil-Burning Cement Production and Gas Flaring: 1950-1994
Remote Sensing
  • Matthews Albedo
Satellite Imagery
  • ArcAtlas: Our Earth
Seismology
  • Common Depth Point Seismic Reflection Data-IPOD Site Surveys: Nankai Trough, Japan
  • Global Hypocenter Data Base
  • Hypocenter Associated Data
  • Natural Hazards Database on Earthquakes
  • Seismicity Catalog
Soils
  • Digital Soil Map of the World (FAO)
  • GISS Global Soils Data (Condensed version of Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) global soils)
  • GLASOD Digital Database
  • Global Ecosystem Data
  • Natural Wetlands
  • Soil Water Holding Capacity
  • World Soils for Global Climate Modelling
  • Zobler World Soils Data Set
Topography / Bathymetry
  • 30 Arc-Sec. DCW Digital Elevation Models Japan Data Set
  • 50m mesh (Sûchi Chizu 50m Mesh)
  • 250m mesh (Sûchi Chizu 250m Mesh)
  • 1km mesh (elevation) (Sûchi Chizu 1km Mesh (elevation))
  • 1km mesh (average elevation) (Sûchi Chizu 1km Mesh (average elevation))
  • Detailed Digital Land Use Information for Metropolitan Areas (Saimitsu Sûchi Jôhô)
  • Digital Bathymetric Data Base 5-Minutes (DBDB5)
  • Digital Geological Map of Japan 1:1,000,000 3rd Edition, CD-ROM (1995)
  • Digital National Land Information (Kokudo Sûchi Jôhô)
  • Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0, 30 Arc Second Terrain Data
  • Earth Topography Five Minute Grid (ETOPO5)
  • ETOPO-5 Elevation
  • GEBCO Digital Atlas
  • GLOBAL DTM5
  • Global GRASS Digital Data Set: CD2
  • Global Relief Data CD-ROM
  • GLOBE Version 0.1
  • Hamiliton Exploration's Global Elevation Data
  • Marine Geophysical Trackline Data -Worldwide-
  • Mountain High Maps, Version 2.0
  • Mountain High Maps Frontiers, Version 2.0
  • National Large-Scale Map Database (Kokudo Kihonzu DB)
  • Spatial Information Infrastructure for Asian Studies in Australia (SIIASA) Japan GIS Database
  • TerrainBase CD
  • U.S. Navy (FNOC) 10-Minute Elevation
  • World Mean Elevation Data
Vegetation
  • 2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan
  • Experimental Calibrated Global Vegetation Index
  • Global Ecosystems Data on CD-ROM
  • Holdridge Life Zones (Ecological Zones)
  • Major Ecosystem Complexes (Olson Vegetation)
  • Matthews Cultivation Intensity
  • Mathews Global Vegetation Data Set
  • Matthews Vegetation
  • Natural Wetlands
  • NOAA Global Vegetation Index (GVI)
  • NOAA/GVI Eight-Year (1983-1990)
  • Potential Evapotranspiration
  • World Vegetation Map
Water
  • 2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan

ALPHABETIZED with DETAILS

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2-km Grid Land Use Data for Japan

    Area of Interest: Agriculture, Cartography, Forestry, Geography, Vegetation, Water
    Source Media: Exabyte Tape, 1/4 CMT, and others
    Distributor:
    GRID-Tsukuba
    Center for Global Environmental Research
    National Institute for Environmental Studies
    16-2, Onogawa
    Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken 305
    Japan
    Tel: 81-298-50-2533
    Fax: 81-298-58-2645
    Email: grid@nies.go.jp

30 Arc-Sec. DCW Digital Elevation Models Japan Data Set


50m mesh (Sûchi Chizu 50m Mesh)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

250m mesh (Sûchi Chizu 250m Mesh)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

1km mesh (elevation) (Sûchi Chizu 1km Mesh (elevation))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

1km mesh (average elevation) (Sûchi Chizu 1km Mesh (average elevation))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

ADC WorldMap for MapInfo

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    MapInfo Corporation
    One Global View
    Troy, NY 12180
    USA
    Tel: 518-285-6000
    Fax: 518-285-6060

ADC WorldMap for MapInfo Desktop

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    MapInfo Corporation
    One Global View
    Troy, NY 12180
    USA
    Tel: 518-285-6000
    Fax: 518-285-6060

Annual Methane Emission from Animals


Annual and Seasonal Global Variation in Total Ozone and Layer Mean Ozone, 1958-1989

    Area of Interest: Meteorology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-023/R1
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

ArcAtlas: Our Earth

    Area of Interest: Satellite Imagery
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    ESRI
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, CA 92373
    USA
    Tel: 909-793-2853
    Tel: 800-447-9778
    Email: info@esri.com

ArcWorld 1:3M

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    ESRI
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, CA 92373
    USA
    Tel: 909-793-2853
    Tel: 800-447-9778
    Email: info@esri.com

ArcWorld 1:25M

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    ESRI
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, CA 92373
    USA
    Tel: 909-793-2853
    Tel: 800-447-9778
    Email: info@esri.com

Atlas of Global Instrumental Climate Data; Version 1.0


Change in Global Humidity Index


Change in Mean Annual Precipitation


Change in Mean Annual Temperature


Common Depth Point Seismic Reflection Data-IPOD Site Surveys: Nankai Trough, Japan


CO2 Discharged From Fossil Fuel Consumption and Cement Production


Detailed Digital Land Use Information for Metropolitan Areas (Saimitsu Sûchi Jôhô)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette or 5.25" Floppy
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Bathymetric Data Base 5-Minutes (DBDB5)

    Area of Interest: Topography
    Source Media:
    Distributor:
    US Naval Oceanographic Office
    Stennis Space Center
    MS 39522-5001
    USA
    Tel: 601-688-4327

Digital Chart of the World

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    ESRI
    380 New York Street
    Redlands, CA 92373
    USA
    Tel: 909-793-2853
    Tel: 800-447-9778
    Email: info@esri.com

Digital Chart of the World


Digital Chart of the World

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    SMI/Conquest MarketData
    MarketData
    3135 Kifer Road
    Santa Clara, CA 95051
    USA
    Tel: 408-970-9600

Digital Chart of the World

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    USGS Open-File Services Services Section
    Box 25286
    Denver Federal Center
    Denver, CO 80225
    USA
    Tel: 303-236-7426

Digital Chart of the World in ASCII

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Ph.D. Associates Inc.
    200 Kinsmen Building
    4700 Keele Street
    North York, ONT M3J 1P3
    Canada
    Tel: 416-736-5295
    Tel: 800-PHD-1455

Digital Data Holdings at JODC (Temperature and Salinity, Ocean Current, Wave, Tide, Tidal Current, Moored Current, Marine Pollution, Bathymetry and Marine Geophysics, Marine Biology)
JODC Data Distribution

    Area of Interest: Oceanography, Pollution
    Source Media: On-line, MT, FD, CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Japan Oceanographic Data Center
    Hydrographic Dept., Maritime Safety Agency
    5-3-1, Tsukiji
    Chûô-ku, Tôkyô 104
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3541-4296 ext:737,738
    Fax: 81-3-3545-2885
    Email: jodc@www.jhd.go.jp

Digital Geologic Map of East and Southeast Asia 1:2,000,000, 1997

    Area of Interest: Geology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Geoscience Information Services, Inc.
    2-32-6, Umezono
    Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    Japan
    Tel: 81-298-56-0561
    Fax: 81-298-56-0568

Digital Geological Map of Japan 1:1,000,000 3rd Edition, CD-ROM (1995)

    Area of Interest: Geology, Topography, Cartography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Geoscience Information Services, Inc.
    2-32-6, Umezono
    Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    Japan
    Tel: 81-298-56-0561
    Fax: 81-298-56-0568

Digital Map 2,500 (Spatial Data Framework) (Kûkan Data Kiban)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Map 10,000 (combined) (1:10 000 Sôgô Data)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Map 25,000 (shorelines and administrative boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Map 25,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 25,000 (Chizu Gazou))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Map 200,000 (shorelines and administrative boundaries) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (kaigan sen to gyôsei kai))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Map 200,000 (map image) (Sûchi Chizu 200,000 (Chizu Gazou))

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: 3.5" Diskette
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital National Land Information (Kokudo Sûchi Jôhô)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography, Geography
    Source Media: MT
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 03-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Digital Soil Map of the World (FAO)

    Area of Interest: Soils
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Via delle Terme di Caracalla
    Rome 00100
    Italy
    Tel: 011-39-0652252921

Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) Level 0, 30 Arc Second Terrain Data


Earth Topography Five Minute Grid (ETOPO5)


ETOPO-5 Elevation


Experimental Calibrated Global Vegetation Index

    Area of Interest: Vegetation, Earth Science
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1084-A27-001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $74 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

FDMap

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Floppy disk
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

GEBCO Digital Atlas

    Area of Interest: Topography, Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    British Oceanographic Data Center
    GEBCO (Orders)
    Bidston Observatory
    Birkenhead, Merseyside L43 7RA
    United Kingdom
    Fax: 44 (0) 51-652-3950

GEONAME Digital Gazetteer


GEOnet Names Server

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency
    Dissemination Division
    4600 Sangamore Road (D-17)
    Bethesda, MD 20816-5003
    USA
    Tel: 301-227-2495
    Tel: 800-826-0342
    Fax: 301-227-2498
    Email: dunawaym@nima.mil

Geosat Global Wind / Wave Data

    Area of Interest: Oceanography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    National Oceanographic Data Center
    User Services Branch
    NOAA/NESDIS E/OC
    SSMC3, 4th Floor
    1315 East-West Highway
    Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
    USA
    Tel: 301-713-3267
    Fax: 301-713-3301
    Email: services@nodc.noaa.gov

GISS Global Soils Data Set


GLASOD Digital Database


Global Climate (GHCN)


GLOBAL DTM5

    Area of Interest: Topography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Geophysical Exploration Technology (GETECH)
    c/o Department of Earth Sciences
    University of Leeds
    Leeds LS2 9JT
    United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 113-2335240
    Fax: +44 113-2429234

Global and Hemispheric Annual Temperature Variations Between 1861 and 1991

    Area of Interest: Meteorology, Climatology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-022/R2
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Global Daily Summary (GDS)


Global Ecosystem Data

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Climatology, Ecology, Soils, Vegetation
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1016-A27-001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $94 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Global Explorer

    Area of Interest: Cartography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    DeLorme Mapping
    P.O.Box 298
    Freeport, ME 04032
    USA
    Tel: 207-865-4171

Global Insight (Plus)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Europa Technologies Ltd.
    79 Claygate Lane
    Hinchley Wood
    Esher
    Surrey, UK KT10 0BQ
    Tel: 44 (0) 181-398-3955
    Fax: 44 (0) 181-398-3915
    Email: info@europa-tech.com

The Global Gazetteer

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Floppy, Cartridge, MT
    Distributor:
    ALLM Systems & Marketing
    21 Beechcroft Road
    Bushey, Watford WD2 2JU
    England
    Tel: +44 1923 230150
    Email: apritchard@cix.compulink.co.uk

Global GRASS Digital Data Set:CD1

    Area of Interest: Earth Science
    Contents:
    Surface Albedo for January, April, July and October
    Aspect Map of the World
    Continents (with nearby islands)
    Continental Shelf
    Coral Reef Distribution
    Primary Cover/Vegetation Types
    Reliability of Land Cover Data
    Secondary Cover/Vegetation Types
    Intensity of Agricultural Cultivation
    Major World Ecosystem Complexes
    Highest Biomass Productivity
    Medium Biomass Productivity
    Major World Fisheries Areas
    Greenturtle Distribution
    Land Masses
    Fisheries Productivity
    Nations - World Political Boundaries (as of 1989)
    Ocean Bio-Geographic Zones (Temp.)
    Biological Ocean Zones
    Ocean Floor Biomass Production
    Marine Conservation Projects
    General Range of Marine Otters
    Ocean Productivity (CZCS data)
    Phytoplankton Productivity
    Soil Map of the World
    World Soil Slope Groups
    Soil Texture Groups
    Soils for Circulation Climate Models
    Reliability of Soils Data
    Detailed Soils Types
    Shaded Relief Map of the World
    World Topographic Elevation Ranges
    Monthly AVHRR Vegetation Production for 45 Months (1984-1988)
    Natural Vegetation (Pre-agriculture)
    Abundance of Zooplankton
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $375 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Shipping and Handling, US Federal Government Agencies less 25%)
    Distributor:
    Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
    Cook College Box 231
    College Farm Road
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswich, NJ 08903-0231
    USA
    Tel: 908-932-1582
    Email: madry@ocean.rutgers.edu

Global GRASS Digital Data Set:CD2

    Area of Interest: Topography, Earth Science
    Contents:
    12 Monthly Temperature (degrees F)
    12 Monthly Precipitation (inches)
    12 Monthly Cloud Cover (percentage)
    1 Bathymetry
    1 Visual Earth - shaded image
    5 Continent Scale Watershed
    1 Soil Elements
    1 Soil Formations
    1 Ridge Systems
    1 Rivers
    1 Shaded Relief map (improved since CD1)
    1 Major Mountains of the World
    1 Percent Urbanized
    1 Four Year Vegetation Average (AVHRR)
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $300 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Shipping and Handling, US Federal Government Agencies less 25%)
    Distributor:
    Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
    Cook College Box 231
    College Farm Road
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswich, NJ 08903-0231
    USA
    Tel: 908-932-1582
    Email: madry@ocean.rutgers.edu

Global GRASS Digital Data Set:CD3

    Area of Interest: Earth Science
    Contents:
    53 Weekly Vegetation Productivity files (each file is a composition of approximately 7 AVHRR NVI images)
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $250 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Shipping and Handling, US Federal Government Agencies less 25%)
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
    Cook College Box 231
    College Farm Road
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswich, NJ 08903-0231
    USA
    Tel: 908-932-1582
    Email: madry@ocean.rutgers.edu

Global GRASS Digital Data Set:CD4

    Area of Interest: Earth Science
    Contents:
    6.2 Million (approximately) global sites files over 630 different category types
    High resolution World Data Base II global vector data
    High resolution (1.5 min.) shaded relief
    High resolution (21 sec.) land/water
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $225 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Shipping and Handling, US Federal Government Agencies less 25%)
    Distributor:
    Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
    Cook College Box 231
    College Farm Road
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswich, NJ 08903-0231
    USA
    Tel: 908-932-1582
    Email: madry@ocean.rutgers.edu

Global GRASS Digital Data Set:CD5

    Area of Interest: Earth Science
    Contents:
    Gross National Product
    Acid Rain
    Spreading Deserts
    Safe Drinking Water Availability
    Daily Calorie Intake/Person
    Physicians/Person
    Tropical Forest Destruction
    Bovines/sq km
    Buffalo/sq km
    Camels/sq km
    Caribou/sq km
    Non-Dairy Cattle/sq km
    Dairy Cattle/sq km
    Goats/sq km
    Horses/sq km
    Pigs/sq km
    Methane production/sq km
    Albacore - Distribution, Spawning & Fisheries
    Albacore - Migration
    Bluefin - Distribution, Spawning & Fisheries
    Bluefin - Migration
    Marlin - Distribution, Spawning & Fisheries
    Marlin - Migration
    Skipjack - Distribution, Spawning & Fisheries
    Skipjack - Migrations
    Yellowfin - Distribution, Spawning & Fisheries
    Yellowfin - Migrations
    Manatee and Dugon Distributions
    Inundated Land
    Fog
    Icebergs
    Casualty Risk Areas at Sea
    Tropical Storms
    Winter Gales
    Ridge Direction
    Numbers of Ridges
    Primary Terrain
    Secondary Terrain
    12 Seasurface Temperature (degrees C) interpolated files (5 year average for days 48, 76, 104, 132, 160, 188, 215, 244, 272, 300, 335 and 363 of the year)
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $225 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Shipping and Handling, US Federal Government Agencies less 25%)
    Distributor:
    Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
    Cook College Box 231
    College Farm Road
    Rutgers University
    New Brunswich, NJ 08903-0231
    USA
    Tel: 908-932-1582
    Email: madry@ocean.rutgers.edu

The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-Term Monthly Temperature, Precipitation, Sea Level Pressure and Station Pressure Data

    Area of Interest: Meteorology, Climatology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-041
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Global Historical Fields, Version 1.0


Global Hydrographic Data


Global Hypocenter Data Base


Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles


Global Paleoclimatic Data for 6000 B.P.

    Area of Interest: Meteorology, Climatology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-011
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Global, Regional, and National CO2 Emission Estimates from Fossil-Burning Cement Production and Gas Flaring: 1950-1994

    Area of Interest: Environment, Pollution
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-030/R7
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Global Relief Data CD-ROM

    Area of Interest: Topography, Geology, Oceanography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1093A27001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $75 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Global Self-consistent Hierarchical High-resolution Shorelines (GSHHS)

    Area of Interest: Cartography
    Source Media: FTP (ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/MGG/shorelines/)
    Product ID:
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Global Surface-Air Temperature Variations: 1851-1984

    Area of Interest: Meteorlogy, Climatology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-003/R1
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Global Tropical and Extratropical Cyclone Climatic Atlas (GTECCA)


Global Upper Air Climatic Atlas (GUACA)


GLOBE Version 0.1

    Area of Interest: Topography, Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1090-G27-000
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $275 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Gravity (1994 Edition)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geology, Geophysics
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1018-A27-001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $273 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Hamilton Exploration's Global Elevation Data

    Area of Interest: Topography
    Source Media: MT
    Distributor:
    Hamiliton Exploration
    P.O.Box 5381
    Virginia Beach, VA 23455
    USA
    Email: 3326954@MCIMail.com

Holdridge Life Zones (Ecological Zones)


Hypocenter Associated Data


IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Cloudiness


IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Precipitation


IIASA Climate - Mean Monthly Temperature


INTERMAGNET

    Area of Interest: Geomagnetism
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor: IPGP
    Department des Observatoires IPGP
    4, place Jussieu
    Paris F75252 cedex 05
    France
    Tel: 33-1-4427-2400
    Fax: 33-1-4427-2401

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project


JapanSite (business establishment and demographic databases)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Demography
    Source Media:
    Distributor:
    Tactician Corporation
    16 Haverhill St.
    Andover, MA 01810
    USA
    Tel: 508-475-4475
    Tel: 800-927-7666
    Fax: 508-475-2136
    (Distributor of Demosphere International's JapanSite)

    Giken Shoji Co. Ltd.
    Soar Bldg. 6F
    1-2-3, Izumi
    Higashi-ku, Nagoya 461
    Japan
    Tel: 81-52-972-6544
    Fax: 81-52-972-6577
    (Tactician Distributor)

    Giken Shoji Co. Ltd.
    Spline Bldg. 3F
    1-19-2, Dogenzaka
    Shibuya-ku, Tôkyô 150
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3770-7555
    Fax: 81-3-3770-7556
    (Tactician Distributor)


JODC Online Service (Temperature and Salinity, Ocean Current, Tide, Moored Current, Bathymetric and Geophysical Data)
JODC Data Distribution

    Area of Interest: Oceanography
    Source Media: On-line, MT, FD, CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Japan Oceanographic Data Center
    Hydrographic Dept., Maritime Safety Agency
    5-3-1, Tsukiji
    Chûô-ku, Tôkyô 104
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3541-4296 ext:737,738
    Fax: 81-3-3545-2885
    Email: jodc@www.jhd.go.jp

LandInfo/Worldwide Digital Maps

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Land Info
    2280 S. Xanadu Way
    Suite 280
    Aurora, CO 80014
    USA
    Tel: 303-369-6800

Latitude/Longitude Index (Kei/Ido Ichiran)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Floppy disk
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Major Ecosystem Complexes (Olson Vegetation)


Magnetic Anomaly Map of East Asia 1:4,000,000, 1996

    Area of Interest: Geomagnetism
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Geoscience Information Services, Inc.
    2-32-6, Umezono
    Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
    Japan
    Tel: 81-298-56-0561
    Fax: 81-298-56-0568

Marine Geophysical Trackline Data -Worldwide-
    Area of Interest: Bathymetry, Geomagnetism, Geophysics
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 129F27007
    Cost (as of July 1, 1997): $225 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Matthews Albedo


Matthews Cultivation Intensity


Mathews Global Vegetation Data Set

    Area of Interest: Vegetation, Earth Science
    Source Media: MT
    Product ID:
    Distributor:
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Data Support Section
    P.O.Box 3000
    Boulder, CO 80307
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-1219

Matthews Vegetation


Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation: A Data Base

    Area of Interest: Earth Science, Environment
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: NDP-017
    Distributor:
    Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    P.O.Box 2008
    Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
    USA
    Tel: 423-574-3645

Marine Climatic Atlas of the World, Ver. 1.1


Marine Data Sampler

    Area of Interest: Oceanography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    MRJ, Inc.
    10560 Arrowhead Drive
    Fairfax, VA 22030-7305
    USA
    Tel: 703-385-0700

Mean Annual Potential Evapotranspiration (PET)


Mean Annual Precipitation


Monthly Climate Anomalies: Precipitation


Monthly Climate Anomalies: Temperature


Monthly Mean Precipitation


Mountain High Maps, Version 2.0


Mountain High Maps Frontiers, Version 2.0


National Large-Scale Map Database (Kokudo kihonzu)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography
    Source Media:
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Natural Hazards Database on Earthquakes


Natural Placename Database (Shizen Chimeishu)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Floppy disk
    Distributor:
    Japan Map Center
    4-9-6, Aobadai
    Meguro-ku, Tôkyô 153
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3485-5418
    Fax: 81-3-3465-7689
    Contact: firstres@po.iijnet.or.jp

Natural Wetlands


NOAA Global Vegetation Index (GVI)


NOAA/GVI Eight-Year (1983-1990)


Potential Evapotranspiration


Seismicity Catalog

    Area of Interest: Seismology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 121-A27-001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $137 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

Soil Water Holding Capacity


Spatial Information Infrastructure for Asian Studies in Australia (SIIASA) Japan GIS Database

    Area of Interest: Topography
    Source Media:
    Distributor:
    Griffith University, Australia
    Asian and International Studies
    Dr. Lawrence W. Crissman
    Griffith University
    Nathan, QLD 4111
    Australia 104
    Tel: 07-875-7285
    Fax: 07-875-5111
    Email: :crissman@asian.gu.edu.au

Surface Crustal Temperature; Monthly Average Daytime (January 1979)


Surface Current Data Set on CD-ROM
JODC Data Distribution

    Area of Interest: Oceanography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Japan Oceanographic Data Center
    Hydrographic Dept., Maritime Safety Agency
    5-3-1, Tsukiji
    Chûô-ku, Tôkyô 104
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3541-4296 ext:737,738
    Fax: 81-3-3545-2885
    Email: jodc@www.jhd.go.jp

Temperature Profile Data Set on CD-ROM
JODC Data Distribution

    Area of Interest: Oceanography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Japan Oceanographic Data Center
    Hydrographic Dept., Maritime Safety Agency
    5-3-1, Tsukiji
    Chûô-ku, Tôkyô 104
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3541-4296 ext:737,738
    Fax: 81-3-3545-2885
    Email: jodc@www.jhd.go.jp

TerrainBase CD

    Area of Interest: Topography, Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Product ID: 1090-A27-001
    Cost (as of May 22, 1997): $84 (plus $11 Shipping and Handling) (plus $20 Non-U.S.A. Handling)
    Distributor:
    National Geophysical Data Center
    NOAA
    325 Broadway, E/GC4
    Boulder, CO 80303-3328
    USA
    Tel: 303-497-6826
    Fax: 303-497-6513
    Email: info@ngdc.noaa.gov

U.S. Navy (FNOC) 10-Minute Elevation


World Boundary Databank


World Boundary Databank-II


World Cities Population Database


World Geophysical CD-ROM

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geology
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Chalk Butte Inc.
    137 Steele Lane
    Boulder, WY 83923
    USA
    Tel: 307-537-5261

World Mean Elevation

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Topography
    Source Media: MT
    Product ID: PS/1CM/100, 1st Edition, January 1985
    Distributor:
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency
    Attn: CC, MS D-16
    6001 MacArthur Blvd.
    Bethesda, MD 20816-5001
    USA
    Tel: 301-227-2495
    Tel: 800-826-0342

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG) CD-ROM No. 1

    Area of Interest: Meteorology, Climatology, Pollution
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    Japan Meteorological Agency
    1-3-4, Ote-machi
    Chiyoda-ku, Tôkyô 100
    Japan
    Tel: 81-3-3211-4640

World Ocean Atlas 1994

    Area of Interest: Oceanography, Environment
    Source Media: CD-ROM
    Distributor:
    National Oceanographic Data Center
    User Services Branch
    NOAA/NESDIS E/OC
    SSMC3, 4th Floor
    1315 East-West Highway
    Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
    USA
    Tel: 301-713-3267
    Fax: 301-713-3301
    Email: services@nodc.noaa.gov

World Points

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Download
    Distributor:
    MapInfo Corporation
    One Global View
    Troy, NY 12180
    USA
    Tel: 518-285-6000
    Fax: 518-285-6060

World Soils for Global Climate Modelling


World Vector Shoreline (WVS)

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: MT
    Product ID: MIL-W-89012
    Distributor:
    National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
    Dissemination Division
    4600 Sangamore Road (D-17)
    Bethesda, MD 20816-5003
    USA
    Tel: 301-227-2495
    Tel: 800-826-0342
    Fax: 301-227-2498
    Email: dunawaym@nima.mil

World Vegetation Map


World Wilderness Areas


WorldInfo

    Area of Interest: Cartography, Geography
    Source Media: Download
    Distributor:
    MapInfo Corporation
    One Global View
    Troy, NY 12180
    USA
    Tel: 518-285-6000
    Fax: 518-285-6060

Zobler World Soils Data Set


British Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.pol.ac.uk/bodc/bodcmain.html

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/

Center for Global Environmental Research
http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/index.html

Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
http://deathstar.rutgers.edu/global.html

Chalk Butte Inc.
http://www.chalkbutte.com/

DeLorme Mapping
http://www.delorme.com

Digital Wisdom, Inc.
http://www.digiwis.com

EarthInfo Inc.
http://www.earthinfo.com/earthinfo

ESRI
http://www.esri.com

GDE Systems, Inc.
http://www.GDEsystems.com

Geophysical Exploration Technology (GETECH)
http://www.getech.leeds.ac.uk/home.html

Giken Shoji Co. Ltd.
http://www.giken.com/

GRID-Tsukuba
http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/grid-e/index.html

Hydrosphere Data Products, Inc.
http://www.hydrosphere.com

Intergraph Corporation
http://www.intergraph.com

Japan Meteorological Agency
http://www.kishou.go.jp/

Japan Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.jodc.jhd.go.jp/

Land Info
http://www.landinfo.com/

MapInfo Corporation
http://www.mapinfo.com

National Center for Atmospheric Research
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/althome.html

National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
http://164.214.2.59/

National Oceanographic Data Center
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

Ph.D. Associates Inc.
http://www.phd.gta.ca/

Tactician Corporation
http://www.tactician.com/index.htm

University of Massachusetts
http://128.119.45.20/index.html

USGS EROS Data Center
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/eros-home.html

USGS National Earthquake Information Center
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