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This page contains the catalog of spatial data available for NTL-LTER researchers or produced by LTER researchers.

(A) Geospatial Data

  1. Satellite Imagery 
    1. Multispectral 
    2. RADAR 
  2. Airborne Sensors 
  3. Aerial Photography 
  4. Digital Elevation Models (DEM) 
  5. Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) 
  6. Raster Thematic Data
  7. Vector Thematic Data 

 

(B) Tabular Data

    Regional tabular data that can be linked to a spatial dataset for display. query, and analysis 

 

 

            KEY

 
"Name"
Data sets produced by LTER researchers (or product that an LTER researcher helped produce). 
Data available on this page are either public or have their access restricted by copyright:
Download
Access is restricted; you will be asked to enter a username and password to download the data, or will be asked to contact the data manager to obtain a copy. 
Download
Public data set; anyone is allowed to download it.
Note: To download a dataset you may have to right-click  on "download" and select "Save link as" (IE) or "Save target as" (Netscape)  to save the dataset to disk.

 

(A) Geospatial Data

 

(1) Satellite Imagery

(1.1) Multispectral

Satellite imagery are not available on-line. To get access to the data, please contact the spatial data manager. Click on the satellite / sensor link to obtain metadata.


tip: Check out these other resources:

Great Lakes Forest Information Center
USGS EDC Global Land Information System
Catalog of browse images from Landsat 7 ETM+ sensor over NTL-LTER (hosted by ERSC)
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Satellite/sensor Date (mm/dd/yyyy) View
..............................................North..............................................
Landsat / MSS 07/17/1975
Landsat / MSS 07/22/1986
Landsat / MSS 08/05/1991
Landsat / TM 08/05/1991
Landsat / TM 10/03/1992
Landsat / TM 08/10/1993
SPOT / HRV 08/01/1991
..............................................South..............................................
Landsat / TM 06/06/1995
Landsat / TM 06/22/1995
Landsat / TM 09/26/1995
Landsat / TM 10/12/1995

(1.2) RADAR

Visit the UW Environmental Remote Sensing Center catalog of radar imagery for a catalog of available imagery.

 

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(2) Airborne sensors

Contact the Spatial Data Manager for more information.
Sensor Description Date Extent View
..............................................North..............................................
ATLAS Airborne Terrestrial and Land Acquisition Sensor summer 1998
..............................................South..............................................
ATLAS Airborne Terrestrial and Land Acquisition Sensor September 23, 1997

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(3) Aerial photography

tip: to find out about available aerial photography for Wisconsin, visit the State Cartographer's Office Aerial Photography catalog.
Date Area Type Scale Format Status Download
..............................................North..............................................
1937 Vilas Co. B/W 1:20000 orthophotos from photos scanned at 700 dpi in process contact manager
1996 Vilas Co. B/W 1:31680 digital orthoquads as tiff files restricted access download

..............................................South..............................................

1937 Dane Co. B/W

1:20000

orthophotos from photos scanned at 700 dpi in process contact manager
1962 Dane Co. B/W 1:20000 orthophotos from photos scanned at 700 dpi in process contact manager
1993 Dane Co. B/W 1:40000 digital orthoquads as jpeg files restricted access download

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(4) Digital Elevation Models

tip: visit the USGS EROS Data Center to obtain free DEMs. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Geographic Services Section also offers DEMs at 75-m and 500-m grids, and will soon have 30-m data available (visit the DNR Geographic Data Layer Overview page)
Name Description Size View Download
.........................................Statewide......................................... 
widem5c_dd DEM with 500 m cell size in geographic coordinate system 0.4 Mb download
widem75m_dd DEM with 75 m cell size in geographic coordinate system 8.5 Mb download
widem30m_wtm DEM with 30 m cell size in wtm8391 coordinate system 115 Mb download
..............................................North..............................................
DEM 30m DEM with 30  m cell size in wtm8391 coordinate system for Vilas Co. 2 Mb download
..............................................South..............................................
DEM 30m DEM with 30 m cell size in wtm8391 coordinate system for the Yahara watershed. 1 Mb download

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(5) Digital Raster Graphics

tip: DRGs from USGS 1:24:000 topo quads for other counties can be obtained through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Geographic Services Section DRG Page. For general information on DRGs, visit the USGS Digital Raster Graphics page.
Name Description Size View Download
..............................................North..............................................
Vilas USGS Topo. 1:24:000 topo quads as tiff files 5-9 Mb ea. download
Vilas LEI 1930 Land Economic Inventory 9-10 Mb ea. download
..............................................South..............................................
Dane USGS Topo. 1:24:000 topo quads as tiff files 5-9 Mb ea. download

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(6) Raster Thematic Data

Name Description Size View Download
..............................................Statewide..............................................
WISCLAND A classification of land cover in Wisconsin based on multiple-date Landsat satellite imagery and the Wisconsin Wetland Inventory (WWI) 40 Mb Download
 

..............................................North..............................................

     
WISCLAND WISCLAND subset for Vilas County 0,8 Mb Download in wtm8391 Download in vcc
 

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WISCLAND WISCLAND subset for the Yahara lakes and watershed, Dane County. 0,9 Mb Download in wtm8391
Download in dcc

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(7) Vector thematic data

tip: the Wisconsin DNR is a good source of thematic data for Wisconsin. Some data layers are accessible on-line at their DNR Geographic Data Layer Overview page. If a dataset listed on that page is not available for download on that page or on this one, please contact the spatial data manager.
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Name Description

Size

View Download
.........................................North America...........................................
ecoregions Polygon coverage of ecoregions in the US; Level 1     7.4 Mb Download
ecoregions Polygon coverage of ecoregions in the US; Level 2      Mb Download
..............................................Statewide..............................................
counties County boundaries     1 Mb Download
MCD Minor Civil Divisions  3.8 Mb Download
orig_veg Original Vegetation of Wisconsin   14 Mb Download
townshps Township boundaries   33 Mb Download
Quad_idx USGS 1:24k Quad index in lat/long  0.5 Mb Download
PLSS Township/Range/Section polygons in lat/long  62 Mb Download
PLSSQQ Point cover of PLSS quarter/quarter sections 230 Mb Download
LUDA Land Use/Cover (LUDA/GIRAS)   78 Mb Download
ecoregions Polygon coverage of ecoregions in Wisconsin  7.4 Mb Download
LTAs Ecological Units of Wisconsin - LandType Associations (LTAs)  16 Mb Download
Pub_land Public Lands based on 1:24.000 LandNet  2.2 Mb Download
County Lands Polygon coverages of county managed lands 107 Mb Download
natforests National Forest boundaries  1.8 Mb Download
nnf Nicolet National Forest    14 Mb Download
nnfbnd  .......Boundary of Nicolet National Forest 0.1 Mb Download
nhsf Northern Highland State Forest   19 Mb Download
amsf American Legion State Forest     7 Mb Download
wi_statsgo STATSGO soils 6.5 Mb Download
watshd124 Watersheds; 1:24.000 scale   11 Mb Download
hyd2mdd Wisconsin hydrography 1:2M in decimal degrees 0.3 Mb Download
hyd1cdd Wisconsin hydrography 1:100,000 in decimal degrees 48 Mb Download
hyd24kdd Wisconsin hydrography 1:24,000 in wtm8391 (2nd prelim. ver.)   Contact manager
..............................................North..............................................
ssurgo_vilas_geo_utm SSURGO-certified soil data for Vilas County (geo83 and UTM16) 57 Mb

24 kb

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[Tabular data]

ssurgo_vilas_vcc SSURGO-certified soil data for Vilas County (vcc) 68 Mb   Download
vilas_hydro ~1:30.000 hydrography for Vilas County 3.9 Mb  Download
vilas_bldgs Buildings point cover for Vilas County 0.7 Mb  Download
vilas_roads Road coverage for Vilas Co. 1.4  Mb  Download
vilas wetland Wetlands of Vilas Co., from WDNR's Wisconsin Wetland Inventory

12 Mb

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vilas watershed Watersheds of selected Vilas Co. lakes 5 Mb Download
..............................................South..............................................
SSURGO_dane_dcc Soil data for Dane County (not SSURGO-certified as yet) 31 Mb

39 kb

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[tabular data]

bathymend Bathymetry of Lake Mendota 55 Kb Download
riparian Riparian vegetation in Lake Mendota's watershed  0.4 Mb Download

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(B) TABULAR DATA

 
Acronym Description Year(s) Extent Link Field Link To Download
bjmain Birge and Juday original data 1984 N Wisconsin     Download
bjmainxf Name and location of B&J lakes         Download
dnr Data from "Surface Water Resources..." of Vilas, Oneida and Iron Co. 1960 Vilas, Oneida, Iron     Download
doc1991 DOC data collected for Landsat overpass 1991 Vilas/Oneida     Download
doc1991-ufabs Light absorption spectra of unfiltered water samples 1991       Download
doc1991-fabs Light absorption spectra of filtered water samples 1991       Download
ELS Eastern Lake Survey original data for the Upper Midwest Region 1984 N MN, N WI, UP Michigan, N Mi     Download
ERLD Environmental Research Lab-Duluth dataset   N MN, N WI, UP Michigan, N Mi     Download
ERLD VILAS ERLD data for Vilas Co. only 1980-1981 Vilas Co. WBIC vilas_hydro Download
BJ-ERLD Common Birge and Juday and ERLD 1929-1941 and 1979-1982 Vilas Co. WBIC vilas_hydro Download
storet95-99 US EPA STORET DATA for Wisconsin lakes 1995-99 Wisconsin     Download
wbic WDNR Water Body Identification Codes for all named Wisconsin lakes   Wisconsin     Download

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