“More Than Just Fake News: Propaganda in Political Campaign Advertising” is a static map created by Cecelia Isaac (Master of Geographic Information Sciences). It was awarded a U-Spatial Mapping Prize for most provocative/transformative Graduate map.

"London Tube Highway Map" is a static map created by Travis Ormsby (Master of Geographic Information Sciences). It was awarded a U-Spatial Mapping Prize for Best Graduate Cartography.

This State wide layer of the quaternary geology (surficial) of Minnesota was published in 1982. It was created by Howard Hobbs and Joseph Goebel at a scale of 1:500,000. It was prepared in part with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Grant NGL-24-005-263, to the Space Science Center, University of Minnesota. Published with the support of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources and the U.S. Department of Energy. A new version of this map is currently underway.

Overview:This document describes the 2021 accessibility data released by the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. The data are included in the National Accessibility Evaluation Project for 2021, and this information can be accessed for each state in the U.S. at https://access.umn.edu/research/america. The following sections describe the format, naming, and content of the data files.Data Formats: The data files are provided in a Geopackage format. Geopackage (.gpkg) files are an open-source, geospatial filetype that can contain multiple layers of data in a single file, and can be opened with most GIS software, including both ArcGIS and QGIS.Within this zipfile, there are six geopackage files (.gpkg) structured as follows. Each of them contains the blocks shapes layer, results at the block level for all LEHD variables (jobs and workers), with a layer of results for each travel time (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 minutes). {MPO ID}_tr_2021_0700-0859-avg.gpkg = Average Transit Access Departing Every Minute 7am-9am{MPO ID}_au_2021_08.gpkg = Average Auto Access Departing 8am{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts1.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS1 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts2.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS2 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts3.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS3 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts4.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS4 NetworkFor mapping and geospatial analysis, the blocks shape layer within each geopackage can be joined to the blockid of the access attribute data. Opening and Using Geopackages in ArcGIS:Unzip the zip archiveUse the "Add Data" function in Arc to select the .gpkg fileSelect which layer(s) are needed — always select "main.blocks" as this layer contains the Census block shapes; select any other attribute data layers as well.There are three types of layers in the geopackage file — the "main.blocks" layer is the spatial features layer, and all other layers are either numerical attribute data tables, or the "fieldname_descriptions" metadata layer. The numerical attribute layers are named with the following format:[mode]_[threshold]_minutes[mode] is a two-character code indicating the transport mode used[threshold] is an integer indicating the travel time threshold used for this data layerTo use the data spatially, perform a join between the "main.blocks" layer and the desired numerical data layer, using either the numerical "id" fields, or 15-digit "blockid" fields as join fields.

The PRISM Climate Group gathers climate observations from a wide range of monitoring networks, applies sophisticated quality control measures, and develops spatial climate datasets to reveal short- and long-term climate patterns. The resulting datasets incorporate a variety of modeling techniques and are available at multiple spatial/temporal resolutions, covering the period from 1895 to the present. Whenever possible, we offer these datasets to the public, either free of charge or for a fee (depending on dataset size/complexity and funding available for the activity).

Metadata and documentation available at: http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/normals/

Agricultural activities have dramatically altered our planet’s land surface. To understand the extent and spatial distribution of these changes, we have developed a new global data set of croplands and pastures circa 2000 by combining agricultural inventory data and satellite-derived land cover data. The agricultural inventory data, with much greater spatial detail than previously available, is used to train a land cover classification data set obtained by merging two different satellite-derived products (Boston University’s MODIS-derived land cover product and the GLC2000 data set). Our data are presented at 5 min (_10 km) spatial resolution in longitude by longitude, have greater accuracy than previously available, and for the first time include statistical confidence intervals on the estimates. According to the data, there were 15.0 (90% confidence range of 12.2–17.1) million km2 of cropland (12% of the Earth’s ice-free land surface) and 28.0 (90% confidence range of 23.6–30.0) million km2 of pasture (22%) in the year 2000.

Overview:This document describes the 2021 accessibility data released by the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. The data are included in the National Accessibility Evaluation Project for 2021, and this information can be accessed for each state in the U.S. at https://access.umn.edu/research/america. The following sections describe the format, naming, and content of the data files.Data Formats: The data files are provided in a Geopackage format. Geopackage (.gpkg) files are an open-source, geospatial filetype that can contain multiple layers of data in a single file, and can be opened with most GIS software, including both ArcGIS and QGIS.Within this zipfile, there are six geopackage files (.gpkg) structured as follows. Each of them contains the blocks shapes layer, results at the block level for all LEHD variables (jobs and workers), with a layer of results for each travel time (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 minutes). {MPO ID}_tr_2021_0700-0859-avg.gpkg = Average Transit Access Departing Every Minute 7am-9am{MPO ID}_au_2021_08.gpkg = Average Auto Access Departing 8am{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts1.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS1 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts2.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS2 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts3.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS3 Network{MPO ID}_bi_2021_1200_lts4.gpkg = Average Bike Access on LTS4 NetworkFor mapping and geospatial analysis, the blocks shape layer within each geopackage can be joined to the blockid of the access attribute data. Opening and Using Geopackages in ArcGIS:Unzip the zip archiveUse the "Add Data" function in Arc to select the .gpkg fileSelect which layer(s) are needed — always select "main.blocks" as this layer contains the Census block shapes; select any other attribute data layers as well.There are three types of layers in the geopackage file — the "main.blocks" layer is the spatial features layer, and all other layers are either numerical attribute data tables, or the "fieldname_descriptions" metadata layer. The numerical attribute layers are named with the following format:[mode]_[threshold]_minutes[mode] is a two-character code indicating the transport mode used[threshold] is an integer indicating the travel time threshold used for this data layerTo use the data spatially, perform a join between the "main.blocks" layer and the desired numerical data layer, using either the numerical "id" fields, or 15-digit "blockid" fields as join fields.