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Census State Data Center - Resources for GIS Users

Data Catalog of the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems: layerable maps for Maine in UTM NAD83 Zone 19, including county and statewide Census geographies, tables, and more.

• http://megis.maine.gov/catalog

Cartographic Boundary Files from the US Census Bureau: generalized layerable maps of many Census geographies in Geographic coordinates, from TIGER files, in shape file format.

• http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob

TIGER 2000 Map Service, from ESRI and the Geography Network: layerable maps, many Census geographies in Geographic coordinates, from TIGER files, in shape file format.

• http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/tiger_download.cfm

ArcExplore: a free GIS browser for viewing and manipulating many data types including shapefiles and coverages, with a large downloadable user manual.

• http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer

Tiger.avx: a free extension that enables ArcView to convert and display TIGER files. Download TIGER to SHP.

• http://software.geocomm.com/translators/arcview

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