Federal open ArcGIS data from the top down

[Jelfff]

Problem: To the best of my knowledge there is no list showing the 'top' endpoint of federal ArcGIS servers with open data.

Solution: I made such a list and am curating it. Here it is: https://mappingsupport.com/p/surf_gis/list-federal-GIS-servers.pdf

If anyone knows about a federal ArcGIS server with open data that is not yet on the list, please let me know. You can email me via this contact page: https://mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4_contact.html

BTW, I also made a list of the 'top' endpoint for state ArcGIS servers with open data. https://mappingsupport.com/p/surf_gis/list-state-GIS-servers.pdf

Joseph Elfelt

[gbinal]

Hi @Jelfff - that's a neat project.

I'm not able to cross reference them but if you take a quick CMD+F look through this list of APIs that I manage, there's a number there as well.

Also, if you haven't done this already, skimming through the first 10-20 pages of search results for a google query of site:.gov/arcgis turns up a lot. Yeah, you have to filter out the non-federal websites but it still is a quick and dirty payload. Same with the search results for arcgis site:.gov.

[Jelfff]

Thanks Gray. I searched your list on "rest/services" and was able to add a couple to my federal list. I will post an updated list tomorrow a.m.

My main google search is _____ "rest/services" Replace the underline with something and include the quotes. I tried your first search and went through several pages but did not find anything new.

[JJediny]

@Jelfff Haven't checked these sources in a long time, but i did a similar project before joining GSA:

• https://github.com/JJediny/nationalmap/blob/master/datasources/01_ArcGIS_Providers.json

• https://github.com/JJediny/nationalmap/blob/master/datasources/02_NotWorking.json

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1duWQoCa2i9vX27UHvCBcC4A29U8_gmVnbSy4hFhHwA8/edit#gid=2

but the best way would be to use the agency provided data from data.gov and filter by esri rest: https://catalog-bsp.data.gov/dataset?res_format=Esri+REST&_res_format_sortAlpha=asc&_res_format_limit=0 or https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=%28res_format=Esri+REST

Only suggestion here would be to refrain from using PDFs to share open data sets; a csv or json file would be most helpful to others for sharing/parsing

[Jelfff]

Thanks John! I picked up several new federal ArcGIS servers from your list. I will post an updated list in the morning tomorrow.

[MappingSupport]

My work to locate government GIS server addresses has greatly expanded.

If you are looking for government GIS data anywhere in the USA then you might want to take a look at this list I curate as a public service. The list now has 1,400+ addresses for ArcGIS servers from the federal level down to the city level.

Worried about dead links? Got that covered with a weekly automated scan (my own code) of every server address. I expect there will be some tweaks to the list each week.

PDF file: https://mappingsupport.com/p/surf_gis/list-federal-state-county-city-GIS-servers.pdf

If you would rather grab a text file then just change the above link to “.txt”