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External links to reference tables, maps, and software tools.

Reference Tables and Gazetteers

• FIPS County Lookup - a Census Bureau site that lets you look up state and county FIPS codes
• Cure for The Common Code - sponsored by the Missouri State Data Center, this exhaustive site provides lists of codes used by federal and state agencies to identify places throughout the US
• ISO Country Codes - information and a downloadable list of country codes commonly used to uniquely identify the world’s nations
• ISO Region Codes - lookup for regional names (1st level divisions) for all countries.
• Statoids - comprehensive guide to 1st and 2nd level administrative divisions (states, provinces, counties, regions, districts, etc) for all countries of the world.
• Changes to Counties - a Census Bureau site that provides details on changes to county boundaries between 1970 and 2000
• Census Bureau Gazetteers - Complete lists of all place names used in the 2000 and 1990 US Census
• Geographic Names Information System - USGS gazetteer service that contains all place names used on US topographic maps
• GEOnet Names Server - NGA gazetteer service with standard spellings of all foreign place names. In addition to the look-up service, you can also download tab-delimited files that have x and y coordinates for all features in that country.
• State Plane Coordinate System - Clickable map that shows the various state plane divisions by state
• UTM Coordinate System - Map and explanation of the Universal Transverse Mercator zones
• Census Bureau Maps - digital reference maps in pdf format for a variety of administrative areas
• Map Coordinates Finder - Look up latitude and longitude coordinates for addresses, cities, states, and zip codes

Software and Extensions

• ESRI Patches and Service Packs - updates and bug fixes for ArcGIS software
• Hawth’s Tools - An extension for ArcGIS that has many great tools for geospatial analysis and editing
• NPS Metadata Editor - a GIS metadata editing tool created by the National Park Service for ArcGIS
• QGIS - a free, open source, cross-platform GIS
• gvSIG - another free, open source, cross-platform GIS