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Maps - NY

Links to general, historical and topographic maps.

SU Community Geographer
Maps depicting a variety of social conditions within the City of Syracuse
Syacuse - City ZONING maps - Current
City of Syracuse ZONING atlas in 27 maps in .PDF format 34x44"
Onondaga County tax maps
View PDF maps for all municipalities in Onondaga County
Election district maps - Onondaga County
Political maps of all village, city, and county election districts.
Syracuse - Erie Canal Museum
New York State Canal Maps
Scans of the Schillner maps located in the New York State Archives. These are detailed section maps for the Champlain, Oswego and Erie canals from the 1890's.
Erie Canal Maps
Links to maps related to the history of the Erie Canal.
New York State - Election District maps
State Legislature, Senate and US Congress for 2012, 2002, & 1992.
New York State - County Soil Surveys
Links to download PDFs of all available NYS soil surveys
New York State - Topographic maps
Download NYDOT and USGS series topo maps for FREE.
NYDOT & USGS 1:24k
USGS 1:100k
USGS 1:250k
See Through New York
See where your tax money is being spent
Lake maps in Onondaga County
PDF maps of the depths of the lakes within Onondaga County.
New York State lake maps
Downloadable PDF maps of all the lake in New York State with contour depths.
FEMA Flood Maps
Search for and download flood maps by location.
NYS Geologic maps
Data sets from the NYS Museum.

Links to find, view and download Orthoimagery, DOQ, digital air photos and satellite imagery.

New York State - NYS GIS Clearinghouse
Orthoimagery links for NYS
New York State - Historical Aerial Photographs
New York State - coverage is by county from the 30's to the 60's
US - EarthExplorer
Find and download air photos and satellite imagery for NYS for FREE. You will need to create a free user name and password before you can download anything
NYS - Orthoimagery
Web Mapping Service ArcGIS: State-wide imagery layers are available for 1994-2018

Links to download GIS related data sets.

DataCuse
A central location for open data and maps for the City of Syracuse, NY
Syracuse - Onondaga Interactive GIS
Property tax maps, streets and other layers
Building Footprints, Onondaga County NY
This dataset provides a single county subset of Microsoft's computer-generated building footprints from 2018.
New York State - NYS GIS Clearinghouse
Data for hundreds of layers - contact SU's Maps/GIS Librarian for access.
New York ODP GIS data Gateway
Provides public access to data, real-time information, and interactive tools.
New York State - CUGIR data repository
Data for hundreds of layers for use in GIS
New York State - NYS Data Center
Download data layers and maps for a variety of themes covering NYS
New York State - Traffic Data Viewer
Click the map on the right-hand side of the page to start the viewer
New York State - 511NY
Links to transportation networks in New York State: Traffic, Transit, Transit Planner
New York State - Coastal shoreline after Sandy
Maps and vector files for shorelines after hurricane Sandy
New York State Building Footprints & Flood Zones
Download data by county. Eventually all counties will be available. Also 100 and 500 year flood boundary maps.

2018 Digital air photos of NYC
Scroll down to the New York City entry and click on 2018 to access 20Gb of digital orthoimagery.
NY City - Oasis Project
Interactive GIS mapping tool with data for New York City
NY City - NYCityMap
Interactive atlas from NYC DOITT. Includes other map, gis, and data sites for NYC as well.
NY City - NYC Government Website
Data sets and maps are available from various City Departments. Search for MAPS or GIS in the "Search NYC.gov" search box for the best results.
NY City - NYC Open Data
Download geospatial data by type, agency or keyword
NY City - Bytes of the Big Apple
Download geospatial data for use in GIS software programs
NYC - Zola
Zoning and Land Use maps, data layers and aerial photography
NYC Popluation Finder
View populations by specific levels of geography within NYC.