Data Sources

In addition to original data created by our team, Natural Atlas makes use of public data graciously made available by the following organizations.

Taxonomy

Recorded notes and trips on Natural Atlas can be classified according of over 1.7 million different types of things ranging from plants, rocks and minerals, landforms, to animals. Several parts of the taxonomy are an adaption of open source lists by other organizations.

• GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org
• Wikidata Taxonomy
• Paleobiology Database (PBDB)
• IOC World Bird List: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird List (v 7.1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14344/IOC.ML.7.1
• USDA, NRCS. 2017. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 31 March 2017). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.

Map Data

The Natural Atlas Topo is built from an aggregation of open source GIS data from numerous government and non-profit organizations that we then normalize, clean up, and add to.

Federal Government: US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service (NPS), US Geological Survey (USGS), US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), US Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), U.S. Board on Geographic Names, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), MRLC Consortium, US Dept. of Defense, US Census Bureau, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

State Government: Utah AGRC, Utah DPR, Pennsylvania DCNR, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon State Marine Board, Colorado Parks & Wildlife, State of Delaware, State of Florida, Georgia DNR, State of Hawaii, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks, Idaho Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Massachusetts DCR, California State Parks, California DFW, Massachusetts Office of Fishing and Boating Access, Massachusetts DFG, MassGIS, Maryland DNR, NC Division of State Parks & Recreation, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, NC Dept. of Environmental Quality, NH Office of Strategic Initiatives and NH Fish and Game Department, New York DEC, New York State Parks, New York DOT, NYS Adirondack Park Agency, South Carolina DCR, South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, Virginia State Parks, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, Vermont ANR, Virginia Dept. of Forestry, Washington DFW, Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer, Wyoming State Geological Survey, Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry Bureau of Parks & Lands, Connecticut DEP, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Tennessee DEC, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission,  Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Indiana DNR, Kentucky Department of Parks, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Iowa DNR, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Alabama DCNR, Minnesota DNR, Michigan DNR, Mississippi DWFP, West Virginia DNR

Local Government: Henderson NV, Austin TX, Boulder CO, Denver CO, Durango CO, El Paso County CO, New York NY, Helena MT, Los Angeles County CA, Montgomery County PA, San Diego CA, San Mateo County CA, Santa Clara County CA, Philadelphia PA, San Antonio TX, Los Alamos County NM, San Luis Obispo CA, Marin County CA, City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Spokane County WA, Loudoun County VA, Saratoga County NY, Minnesota Metro Park & Trail Data Collaborative, Lake County IL, Cook County IL, Castle Rock CO, Aurora CO, Thornton CO, Arcata CA, Santa Cruz CA, Phoenix AZ

Other Organizations: The Arizona Trail Association , Marin Water District, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Natural Earth Data , West Virginia University, University of Rhode Island, The Guide to Yellowstone Waterfalls and Their Discovery , Three Rivers Parks District, North Country Trail Association, RESOLVE Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions

OpenStreetMap: We show roads (and several other minor cartographic features) from OpenStreetMap, but all trails, recreation sites, water features, etc are not derived from OSM data

Range Map Data

• Natural Atlas Contributors
• GBIF.org Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.mphuwq

The above sources make no representations or warranty as to the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or content of any data made available through Natural Atlas.