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Welcome to the Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR)

CUGIR is an active online repository in the National Spatial Data Clearinghouse program. CUGIR provides geospatial data and metadata for New York State, with special emphasis on those natural features relevant to agriculture, ecology, natural resources, and human-environment interactions.

In order to provide the best possible access to geospatial data for New York State, CUGIR coordinates its activities with those of the New York State GIS Clearinghouse.

CUGIR News & Updates

April 17, 2008: Agricultural Districts shapefiles.
Agricultural districts (from the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets) for all available counties have been converted to UTM (NAD83) shapefiles. District boundaries for some counties have been updated for 2008. explore

April 09, 2008: Saratoga County freshwater wetlands.
Updated DEC Freshwater wetlands for Saratoga are now available. explore

February 29, 2008: 8-digit Watershed Boundaries for New York State.
This shapefile is derived from the USGS dataset of nation-wide 1:250,000-scale hydrologic units, and contains those watersheds that intersect New York State. explore

February 27, 2008: Historical Land Cover, 1938-2000.
These new shapefiles from the Lake Ontario Biocomplexity Project provide historical land cover classifications for the watersheds near Sandy Pond and Fair Haven, NY. explore

December 05, 2007: Hudson River Valley Gap Analysis 30m Land Cover.
This raster dataset, provided by the Hudson River Estuary Program, presents landcover classification at 30m resolution for the counties of the Hudson River Valley. This dataset was derived from Landsat-5 satellite imagery from 1992 and 1993. explore

August 15, 2007: Tompkins County Tax Parcels 2007.
New parcel boundaries available, with additional information (property class, address, and school district) from the Real Property Services (RPS) database. explore


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