LandView III
Overview | LandView III Data Contents | Getting LandView III | Online Tutorial | Documentation and Links
Note: Go Here for information on the latest LandView release, LandView 5 on DVD.
Overview
LandView III is a desktop mapping system that includes database extracts from the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Transportation,
and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. These databases are presented in a geographic context on maps that show jurisdictional boundaries, detailed networks of roads, rivers, and railroads, census block group and tract polygons, schools, hospitals, churches, cemeteries, airports, dams, and other landmark features. The mapping software in LandView III is an adaptation of MARPLOT, part of the CAMEO system (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations). The mapping software can be installed on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, NT and MacIntosh computers.
LandView III Data Contents
NOTE - The TIGER/Line information is in MARPLOT format which is not readily exportable into other mapping software.
- A detailed network of roads, rivers, and railroads based on TIGER/LineŽ 1995 files.
- Jurisdictional and statistical boundaries - a set of generalized boundary files for states, congressional districts (105th),
metropolitan areas (June 30, 1996), Native American Indian Areas, Alaska Native lands, counties, and minor civil
divisions (for 20 selected states where minor civil divisions function as general purpose governmental units or
constitute legal entities), census tracts and block groups. NOTE - Detailed place and block group boundaries are shown only on the local discs; the U.S. Summary disc contains only place centroids and generalized block group boundaries.
- EPA-regulated sites, a subset of the facilities, sites, and monitoring stations represented in five EPA data bases
Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS), Biennial Reporting System (BRS), CERCLA Information System
(CERCLIS), Permit Compliance System (PCS), and the Toxic Release Inventory System (TRI).
- Selected demographic and economic information from the 1990 Census
- Key geographic features of the United States provided by the United States Geological Survey and other Federal
agencies.
Getting LandView III
LandView III is available on CD-ROM in the D.H. Hill Library Reference Desk CD-ROM cabinet under call number EP1.104(4):CD-TGR95-LV3-2.
LandView is organized into 10 CD-ROM's by region [see list and map] The U.S. Summary (Disc 11) is designed for those users whose primary interests are creating thematic maps or performing
radius calculations that extend over a number of states.
Online Tutorial
Texas A&M University Libraries have developed an online tutorial using cross-browser dynamic HTML techniques. The tutorial "helps you learn how to start the CD-ROM, perform some basic MARPLOT functions, and access LandView III's databases." Thematic mapping functions are not covered. The tutorial is available at: http://library.tamu.edu/hss/landview/.
Documentation and Links
LandView III Description
LandView III Technical Documentation and Tutorial
LandView III FAQ
Census Bureau TIGER page
Go to the GIS Data List Page
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