The Global GIS DVD was released as a product of the USGS and the American Geological Institute and contains a wealth of USGS and other public domain data, including global coverages of elevation, land cover, seismicity, and resources of minerals and energy at a nominal scale of 1:1 million.  The organization of this collection mirrors the subfolders located on the database.  Metadata was not available for all included items.

Economic Structures
Large Urban Areas  Shapefile
Mine/Quarry, Oil/Gas Field, Fish Hatchery/Fish Farm/Marine Farm, Salt Evaporator  Shapefile
Mine/Quarry, Well, Oil/Gas Field, Salt Evaporators  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Processing/Treatment Plants, Oil/Gas Facilities, Towers  Shapefile
Storage Depots, Tanks, and Water Towers  Shapefile

 

Environment
Canals  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Data, Actual Evapotranspiration  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Data, Cloud Coverage  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Data, Potential Evapotranspiration  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Data, Precipitation  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Data, Temperature  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Climate Monitoring Sites  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Drainage Basins  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Ecological Regions  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Elevation Data  Shapefile
Other Water Features  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Perennial Rivers  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Rivers and Streams  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Springs, Wells, and Dams  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Stream Gaging Stations, United States  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Water Hazards  Shapefile  |  Metadata

 

Gazeteers
ESRI World Gazeteer, features  Shapefile  |  Metadata
ESRI World Gazeteer, population  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Features Gazeteer, -180 - 0 longitude  Shapefile
Features Gazeteer, 0 - 180 longitude  Shapefile
Population Gazeteer, -180 - 0 longitude  Shapefile
Population Gazeteer, 0 - 55 longitude  Shapefile
Population Gazeteer, 55 - 180 longitude  Shapefile
Population Gazeteer, United States  Shapefile

 

Imagery
Shaded Relief Map  Shapefile
Simulated Earth Image, Low Resolution  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Simulated Earth Image, Medium Resolution  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Simulated Earth Image, High Resolution  Shapefile  |  Metadata

 

Land
Earthquales, 1973-2003  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Earthquakes, significant  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Faults (Alaska)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Faults (Global)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Faults (United States)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Geologic Age (Alaska)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Geologic Age (Global)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Geologic Age (United States)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Geologic Province (Global)  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Mineral deposit and metallogenic belt maps of the Russian Far East  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Mines  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Oil and Gas Fields  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Ore Deposits  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Volcanos  Shapefile  |  Metadata
US National Oil and Gas Assessment  Shapefile  |  Metadata

 

Political
Administrative Boundaries, global  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Administrative Boundaries, United States  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Cities, ESRI  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Cities, gazeteer  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Political Boundaries and Labels  Shapefile  |  Metadata

 

Rasters
Cloud Cover, Eastern Hemisphere  Shapefile
Cloud Cover, Western Hemisphere  Shapefile
Land Cover  Shapefile
Lights at Night  Shapefile
MODIS topographic raster  Shapefile
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), April 1992  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), July 1992  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), October 1992  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), January 1993  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Population, 2000  Shapefile
Population Image, 2000  Shapefile
Population Density, 2000  Shapefile
Population Mean, 2000  Shapefile
Shaded Relief Map  Shapefile
Slope  Shapefile

 

Reference
Continental tiles  Shapefile
Global Earth Observation Grid  Shapefile
Latitude/longitude, one degree increment  Shapefile
Latitude/longitude, 30 degree increment  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Bailey equal area grid  Shapefile

 

Transportation
Airfields  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Railroads  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Roads  Sharpefile  |  Metadata

 

Utilities
Pipelines, power transmission lines, telephone lines  Shapefile  |  Metadata
Utilities facilities  Shapefile

 

Supplemental Items
Earthquakes, Africa | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, Central and South America | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, Europe | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, North America | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, Northern Asia | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, South Pacific | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, Southern Asia | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)
Earthquakes, Turkey | GIF | AVI | Bink Video (exe)

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