WestCOG Data

GIS Data Hub

Explore WestCOG GIS data online using our Hub Site. The Hub provides access to maps, applications and gis data all within an easy to navigate interface. Casual viewers can now explore our hosted visually.

For those GIS pro users with the necessary software and a need for fast and large downloads, continue exploring our data page.

Administrative Areas

Town, regional, congressional, and school district boundaries.

Basemap

WestCOG shares a basemap with all its planimetrics and contour data in tile format which can be viewed online or loaded directly into your GIS by adding data through a URL, reference URL below:
https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/UwEXjTguDDovBVaQ/arcgis/rest/services/WestCOG_Natural_Resources_Basemap/MapServer

Buildings

Building foot print polygon data for all towns in WestCOG

Census

Census designated regions include block, block group, and tract shapes for our region.

Contours

20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 ft contours for the WestCOG region. Data derived from 2014 Lidar Data.

TAZ Projections

TAZ demographic population projections are currently available. These were created for the NYC Metro Area.

Environmental

Trees, soils, and riparian data

Hydrography

Streams rivers and lakes

Landcover Rasters

DEM, SEM, impervious cover rasters

Land Use Planning

Parcels, Zoning and open space data collected where available from communities

Stormwater

Culverts and impervious cover totals by town, watershed, catchment areas and parcels.

Streets

Pavement polygons, road center lines, and street features.

Transit

Rail and bus data

WestCOG Orthoimagery

The most recent imagery for the region is 3″ and 4-band imagery from the 2016 statewide flight and can be obtained on CT Eco. Imagery of the same type is available from the GIS Department for 2013 (SWRPA towns) and 2015 (HVCEO towns). If needed, please contact WestCOG directly to establish a form of data delivery.

DEM and SEM

Digital Elevation Model (DEM), shows elevation of the surface only and does not represent features such as trees or buildings. Surface Elevation Model (SEM) depicts features as well, including buildings and trees.

Raw Lidar

A large data set not available for download. If needed, please contact WestCOG directly to establish a form of data delivery.

CT Data Resources

Town Data Profiles

Two page summaries with key data for each municipality in CT and regularly updated by the CT Data Collaborative and Advance CT.

CTECO

Connecticut Environmental Conditions Online (CT ECO) shares imagery and environmental information with the general public through map services.

CT DEEP GIS Data

The primary data source of environmental and natural resource data from the State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Home to some unique data sets.

CT MAGIC GIS Data

A source of geographic information and Census data and is affiliated with the University of Connecticut library system.

CT Open Data Portal

The data clearinghouse for the State of Connecticut. A source for municipal and state demographics and government oriented data sets (e.g. public safety).

CT Data Collaborative

Striving for informed decision-making across Connecticut. CT Data Collaborative empowers an ecosystem of data users by democratizing access to public data and building data literacy.

Additional Data

Analytic Software