Economics & Demographics Program

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 from TIGER Line Files 2000, export (.e00) file format, tables, and more.
http://musashi.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp

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/index.html

.E00 import utility, Import71: a free utility that comes packaged with some GIS software. You’ll need this utility to convert export (.e00) file format to coverage format for use in ArcExplorer.
http://gis.esri.com/download/index.cfm?fuseaction=download.all#ArcExplorer

Tiger.avx: a free extension that enables ArcView to convert and display TIGER files. Download “TIGER to SHP.” Unzip it and install it in “C:\ESRI\AV_GIS\ARCVIEW\EXT32”.
http://software.geocomm.com/translators/arcview/

Census related tables for Maine (.txt and .dbf formats) from the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems Data Catalog. Click on “Tables”, download .zip files (geomcdccd, mepops, popmaps, megeo00 or sf1blks00), unzip, then “Import” or “Open” in your database or spreadsheet program.
http://musashi.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp.