Obtaining Hydrographic
Data from WebGIS
To download hydrographic data in shapefile
format from WebGIS:
- Go to the webGIS home page at www.webgis.com
- Click on the Shapefile (UTM) or Shapefile (Lat/Long)
link under the Digital Line section towards the bottom
- Click on the state of choice
- Click on the county of choice
Note that as your mouse icon moves over a county boundary, its name is
displayed in the browser's status bar. Alternatively, you can list the
counties alphabetically.
- Click on the location(s) you wish to download
- Save the zip file to your computer
- Decompress the zip file
Need help decompressing?
The shapefile can now be imported into WMS
Need
help importing hydrographic shapefiles into WMS?
To download hydrographic data in standard DLG format
- Click on the Standard (UTM) link under the Digital Line
section toward the bottom
- Choose your state and county as indicated above
- Click on the area you wish to download
- Save the zip file to your computer
- Decompress the zip file
Need help decompressing?
The DLG data is in a single file with an
*.opt extension and can be imported into WMS
Need
help importing this DLG file into WMS?
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