CSI Library: Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP): Mapping

The New York City Data section of this guide was written and created by Frank Donnelly, librarian at Baruch College. The CSI library thanks him for allowing the LibGuides community to reuse his content. His original guide may be found at http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/nyc_data.

NYC GIS Data

Use these resources to download shapefiles and geographic data for use in a geographic information system (GIS).

BYTES of the BIG APPLE
The NYC Department of City Planning has administrative and political boundaries, streets, transportation networks, shorelines, and tax parcels.
NYC Open Data
This clearinghouse pulls together both GIS and tabular data sets from several city agencies.

NYC Web Mapping

Create your own maps or use an interactive map to find data.

NYC Maps Gallery
A variety of web maps produced by city agencies that display city features, services, and phenomena (311 requests, crime, tax parcels, zoning, street closures, and more).
NYCityMap
A map interface hosted by the City of New York for accessing a variety of data about individual properties or neighborhoods. Pulls data from a number of city agencies and from the census, and provides links to direct sources of data.
NYC Oasis
An interactive map interface that allows you to access a variety of information about the city, including city services, property data, zoning, and land use. Hosted by the CUNY Center for Urban Research.

Introduction to the Social Explorer

Social Explorer
The resource helps to interpret historical census data from 1790 to 2010. It creates interactive maps and generates statistical reports. It is only available to CUNY students. CSI students can use this link to access the database from off-campus, other CUNY students need to visit their own library websites.

Introduction to the Social Explorer
A helpful guide, created by Baruch College that provides an introduction to the Social Explorer. Please contact the College of Staten Island reference desk for further help on how to use Social Explorer.