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Geographic Information System for LIBCSP:
NCI-specified initial datasets
December 1999
| Dataset | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nassau County Base Map | Nassau County | Includes centroids, parcel address file, street centerlines, utility features, water district boundaries, hydrography, census data, etc. |
| Suffolk County Base Map | Suffolk County | County-wide base map |
| County Base Map Roads Files | NYS Dept. of Transportation | |
| U.S. Postal Service ZIP Codes files | U.S. Postal Service | |
| Dynamap®/ZIP+4 Centroids | private company | |
| GDT Matchmaker/2000® | private company | |
| U.S. Census digital files for Long Island.: TIGER/Line files, Census tract boundary files, Enumeration district/block group centroid files | U.S. Bureau of the Census | Political and statistical area boundaries and codes, latitude/longitude coordinates, feature names and types, and address ranges. Also hydrography, roads, and transportation features. |
| Hydrology Data | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Digital Line Graphs (DLG) hydrology data originally obtained from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). |
| Digital Orthophotography - South Shore Estuary Reserve | NYS Department of State | Series of digital ortho images covering south shore of Long Island |
| Dataset | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 Census datasets | U.S. Bureau of the Census | |
| State-specific Medicare data | U.S. Health Care Financing Administration | |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) 1984 to 1996 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Prevalence information (state level) on risk factors for chronic diseases, including smoking, alcohol drinking, etc. |
| National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), 1971 to present | National Center for Health Statistics | Statistical databases on the prevalence of disease, distribution of physiologic and psychological measurements, and nutritional status in the general population |
| Dataset | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State Incidence Master File, 1976 to 1996 | NYS Dept. of Health, Cancer Registry | Breast cancer incidence data for New York State. |
| State Mortality Master File 1988 to 1996 | NYS Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics | Breast cancer mortality data for New York State |
| NYS Hospital Discharge Data | NYS Dept. of Health | Geographic: zip code/county of patient's residence |
| NYSDOH-licensed mammographic facilities | NYS Dept. of Health | |
| NYSDOH-licensed health facilities | NYS Dept. of Health |
| Dataset | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-CAP Land Cover | NYS Department of State | 10-class land cover data for Nassau and Suffolk counties. |
| Land Use and Land Cover Digital Data, 1972-1985 | U.S. Geologic Survey | |
| Cemetery Locations | NYS Department of State | Digitized information for the location of cemeteries statewide |
| Railroads | U.S. Geologic Survey | Line coverage |
| Railroad Master Vector File | NYS Dept. Of Transportation | |
| Traffic Counts | NYS Depts of Transportation and Health | Automobile traffic counts for Long Island |
| National Survey of Pesticides in Drinking Water, 1988-1990 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Quality of water in drinking water wells |
| State Water Use, 1950 to present | U.S. Geologic Survey | Water use data used to determine water withdrawal levels and purposes, water consumption, and water return to source |
| Aldicarb | Suffolk County | Monitoring data on the occurrence and efficacy of filters in removing the pesticide aldicarb and related carbamate pesticides in the agricultural areas of the county |
| Private | Suffolk County | Water quality data from residences with private water supplies |
| Monqual | Suffolk County | Water quality data from monitoring wells installed by the county for a specific groundwater investigation or for area-wide water quality monitoring |
| Source Water Information Manager System: volatile organics and pesticides | Nassau County | Contains information from approximately 50,000 chemical samples collected from 1,100 public water supply and monitoring wells |
| Public supply wells, sewage treatment plants, sewer districts, water districts, wetlands | Suffolk County | |
| Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI), 1987 to present | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Data on industrial releases of approximately 300 toxic chemicals emitted to air, water, and land. |
| National Air Toxic Information Clearinghouse, 1984 to present | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Contains data on permit decisions, ambient air and source emissions test data, and EPA risk assessment data |
| Landview | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Database with geographically specific sites: AIRS - facilities emitting air pollutants; CERCLA - National Priority List (NPL) and non-NPL sites; PCS - wastewater; RCRA - treatment and disposal facilities; TRI -toxics release inventory |
| Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS), 1957 to present | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | URL: http://www.epa.gov/airs/airs.htm; Descriptive information about each air monitoring station, including geographic location and who operates it. |
| Ambient Air Quality Data, 1956 to present | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Air monitoring sites; database contains concentration levels of criteria air contaminants (pollutants) |
| Air Pollution Source Emissions, mid 1970's to present | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Information on NYS DEC regulated entities. |
| Radiation Sites Database (RSDB) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Region II Contains names and addresses of radiation sites within the region |
| Powerlines (Major Transmission) | U.S. Geologic Survey | Line Coverage |
| Electric Distribution Lines and Substations (LILCO) | NYS Dept. of Health | Locations of distribution lines and substations in Nassau and Suffolk counties |
| Agricultural Chemical Usage | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) | Pesticide use surveys 1990 to present |
| Computerized Database of the Long Island Poison Control Center | L.I. Regional Poison Control Center | |
| Industrial Survey Database | Nassau County | Information on chemical usage and chemical waste generation of approximately 6,000 commercial and industrial facilities, 1977 to the early 1980's |
| Industrial Chemical Surveys, 1980 to present | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Contains a catalog of 14,000+ industries using and producing certain toxic, potentially toxic, or hazardous substances |
| Inactive Hazardous Waste File | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Name, description, classification and lat/long coordinates of inactive hazardous waste sites in New York State |
| Article XI Database, 1986 to present | Nassau County | Contains information on the storage of toxic and hazardous materials at approximately 3,700 facilities |
| Ambient Air Monitoring Databases, 1984 to present | Nassau County | Includes meteorological parameters as well as chemical parameters monitoring for carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, methane, non-methane hydrocarbons, total hydrocarbons, and ozone |
| National VOC Database, 1970 to 1984 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | |
| Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Airborne particulate and precipitation data |
| National Human Milk Monitoring Program | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Samples collected in two studies, 1974 -1978 |
| National Adipose Tissue Survey, 1967 to present | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | |
| River Water Quality Monitoring, 1964 to present | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Surface/groundwater monitoring sites located in locations along major rivers within 17 major drainage basins |
| Storage and Retrieval of Water Quality Data | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Software program |
| Water Data Storage and Retrieval System | U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) | Contains location, chemical and flow information on surface and ground water |
| Meteorological and ClimatologicalData, 1957 to present | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) | Weather data collected on real-time basis from monitoring sites. Latitude/longitude and elevation of each observation site |
| Synoptic Charts 1942 to present | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service | Surface weather charts, weather depiction charts, winds aloft charts, daily weather maps, and radar summary charts |
| Satellite Image Maps | U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) | Image maps produced from digital data collected by LANDSAT and SPOT |
| Topographic Data | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
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