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Links

Employment Resources	Link
Quad City Times	http://www.employmentwizard.com
State of Illinois	http://www100.state.il.us/working/
State of Iowa	http://www.iowaccess.org/jobs/
USA Jobs	http://www.usajobs.opm.gov

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Data and Information

Census and Population	Link
1997 Economic Census	http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html
Census Challenge Question Resolution(CQR) Program	http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/CQR.htm
Community Demographic Profiles	http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/index.html
Iowa State University Census Service	http://www.soc.iastate.edu/census/
State Data Center of Iowa	http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter/index.html
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics	http://www.bls.gov
United States Census 2000 Data Products	http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/c2kproducts.html
United States Census Bureau	http://www.census.gov
United States Census Bureau Population Estimates	http://eire.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

Crime	Link
Illinois State Police	http://www.isp.state.il.us
Iowa State Patrol	http://www.state.ia.us/government/dps/isp/
United States Bureau of Justice Statistics	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Economy & Employment	Link
ACCRA Cost of Living Survey	http://www.costofliving.org/
Bureau of Economic Analysis	http://www.bea.doc.gov
Energy Information Administration	http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	http://www.fdic.gov/
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City	http://www.kc.frb.org/
HUD Income Limits for CDAP	http://www.commerce.state.il.us/cdap/ed/index.html
Illinois Agriculture Statistics Service	http://www.agr.state.il.us/agstats/website/reports.htm
Illinois Department of Employment Security	http://www.ides.state.il.us
Illinois Department of Labor	http://www.state.il.us/agency/idol/
Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce	http://www.quadcitychamber.com/
Iowa Department of Economic Development	http://www.state.ia.us/ided/index.html
Iowa Workforce Development	http://www.iowaworkforce.org/
National Credit Union Administration	http://www.ncua.gov/
National Information Center, Federal Reserve System	http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/
Quad Cities First	http://www.quadcitiesfirst.com
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics	http://www.bls.gov
United States Department of Labor	http://www.dol.gov
United States Department of Agriculture Research Center	http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/
United States Department of Commerce	http://home.doc.gov/

Education	Link
Illinois State Board of Education	http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Iowa Department of Education	http://www.state.ia.us/educate/index.html
National Center for Education Services	http://nces.ed.gov/

General	Link
American Religion Database Archive	http://www.thearda.com/index.html
Dunn & Bradstreet	http://www.dnb.com
Federal Consumer Information Center	http://www.info.gov/
Government Information Sharing Project	http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation	http://www.dpr.state.il.us/
Illinois State Library	http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/library/isl/isl.html
Iowa State Data Center	http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/datacenter/
National Telecommunications & Information Administration	http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

Health and Vital Statistics	Link
Illinois Department of Health Vital Records	http://www.idph.state.il.us/vital/vitalhome.htm
Iowa Department of Public Health	http://www.idph.state.ia.us/
National Center for Health Statistics	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Transportation	Link
Air Transport Association	http://www.air-transport.org/Default2.asp
Iowa Department of Transportation	http://www.dot.state.ia.us/
Illinois Department of Transportation	http://dot.state.il.us
United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics	http://www.bts.gov

Useful Tools	Link
Salary Calculator	http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
Conversion Tool	http://www.speckdesign.com/Tarea.html

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Economic Development

Information	Link
Davenport One	http://www.davenportone.com
Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs	http://www.commerce.state.il.us
Iowa Department of Economic Development	http://www.state.ia.us/ided/
Kewanee Economic Development Corporation	http://www.kedcorp.com
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitor Bureau & Development Corporation	http://www.muscatine.com
Quad City Chamber of Commerce	http://www.quadcitychamber.com
Quad City Development Group	http://www.quadcities.org

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Grants and Funding Resources

Information	Link
Grants.gov	http://www.grants.gov/
Iowa Department of Economic Development	http://www.smart.state.ia.us
Illinois Association of Park Districts (IAPD)	http://www.ilparks.org/grants.htm#federal

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Mapping & GIS

Local	Link
Henry County GIS Department	http://www.henrycty.com/gis/index.html
Muscatine Area Geographic Information Consortium (MAGIC)	http://www.co.muscatine.ia.us/departments/gis_cnt.shtml
Rock Island County GIS Department	http://www.rockislandcounty.org/GIS.asp
Scott County GIS	http://www.co.scott.ia.us/it/gis.php

State	Link
Coal Mines in Illinois	http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/maps-data-pub/coal-maps/county-index.shtml
Illinois DOT Maps	http://www.dot.state.il.us/maps.html
Illinois DOT – GIS files for State/County-wide Data	http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html
(Illinois) Federal Township Plats (1804 – 1891)	http://landplats.ilsos.net/Flash/Welcome.html
Illinois Historic Architectural/Archeological Resources GIS	http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/
Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse	http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/ISGSindex.html
Illinois Soil Survey	http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soils/index.html
Illinois State Geological Survey – Online Maps and Data	http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/isgshome/online_maps_data.htm
Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey	http://icss.agron.iastate.edu/
Iowa DOT Maps	http://www.iowadotmaps.com/main.htm
Iowa DOT - GIS files for State/County-wide Data	http://www.dot.state.ia.us/gis/index.htm
Iowa GIS Clearinghouse	http://maps.gis.iastate.edu/clearinghouse/
Iowa Geographic Images Map Server	http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/
Iowa Legislative Redistricting (2001)	http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Redist/Redist.html
Iowa Natural Resources Geographic Information Systems Library	http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/nrgislibx/

National	Link
Census Maps	http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts.htm
ESRI Data Portals Page	http://www.esri.com/data/data_portals.html
ESRI Geography Network	http://www.geographynetwork.com/
FEMA Flood Map Store	http://store.msc.fema.gov/
Library of Congress Map Collection	http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
National Atlas	http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
National Park Service GIS	http://www.nps.gov/gis/
National Pipeline Mapping System	http://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov/
NASA’s Earth Observing System	http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center	http://lpdaac.usgs.gov/main.asp
National Wetlands Inventory	http://www.nwi.fws.gov/
Natural Resources Conservation Service	http://soils.usda.gov/survey/
TerraServer	http://terraserver-usa.com/
TopoZone	http://www.topozone.com/
URISA – Urban and Regional Information Systems Association	http://www.urisa.org/
Iowa Department of Economic Development	http://www.smart.state.ia.us
USGS Website	http://www.usgs.gov/
USGS – Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDC)	http://edc.usgs.gov/index.html
USGS – Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)	http://www.fgdc.gov/
USGS – Geospatial One-Stop	http://www.geodata.gov/gos
USGS – Mid-Continent Mapping Center	http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/
USGS – National Geospatial Programs Office	http://www.usgs.gov/ngpo/
USGS – The National Map	http://nationalmap.gov/
USGS – Upper Midwest Environmental Services Center	http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/

Organizations	Link
Digital Earth – Collaborative Geotech Weblog	http://www.digitalearth.org/
Federation of Earth Science Information Partners	http://www.esipfed.org/
Geodata Alliance	http://www.geoall.net/
Illinois Geographic Information Council	http://www.illinois.gov/ilgic/
Illinois GIS Association	http://www.ilgisa.org/index.htm
Iowa Counties Information Technology	http://www.icit.state.ia.us/
Iowa Geographic Information Council	http://igic.gis.iastate.edu/
MidAmerica GIS Consortium (MAGIC)	http://magicweb.kgs.ku.edu/

User Groups	Link
Grants.gov	http://www.grants.gov/
Iowa Department of Economic Development	http://www.smart.state.ia.us

Other	Link
About Geography Website	http://geography.about.com/
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection	http://www.davidrumsey.com/
GeoCommunity Website	http://www.geocomm.com/

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Planning

Information	Link
American Planning Association	http://www.planning.org

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Quad City Area

Information	Link
National Weather Service Forecast - Quad Cities	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/
Quad-Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau	http://www.visitquadcities.com/2004/
United Way of the Quad Cities Area	http://clink.rbls.lib.il.us/infolink/

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Transportation

Information	Link
Average Daily Traffic Counts - Illinois	http://www.gettingaroundillinois.com/default.aspx?ql=aadt
Average Daily Traffic Counts - Iowa	http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/traffic/index.html
Center of Transportation and Research Board	http://www.ctre.iastate.edu
Bridging the Years (History of The Government Bridge)	http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/missriver/Bridge/bridgepage.html
Federal Highway Administration	http://www.fhwa.dot.gov
Federal Transit Administration	http://www.fta.dot.gov/
FHWA Illinois Division	http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ildiv/
FHWA Iowa Division	http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/iadiv/
I-74 Corridor Study	http://www.i74corridorstudy.org
Illinois Department of Transportation	http://dot.state.il.us
Iowa Department of Transportation	http://www.dot.state.ia.us
MetroLink	http://www.qcmetrolink.com
National Conference on Aging and Mobility - Conference Proceedings	http://www.mag.maricopa.gov/detail.cms?item=1336
National Transportation Library	http://www.bts.gov/NTL/
Quad City Airport	http://www.qcairport.com
Transportation Research Board	http://www.nas.edu/trb
Transportation Toolbox for Rural Areas and Small Communities	http://ntl.bts.gov/ruraltransport/toolbox/
United States Department of Transportation	http://www.dot.gov

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Friday, March 26, 2010