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user-inactivated  ·  662 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 1, 2022

It really depends on what you're looking for. Sometimes it just comes down to asking google "[subject of interest] gis data," then finding out where the best data store is located online.

For anything Florida related, go to (if there's a specific state/county you have in mind, sometimes google searching "[the state/county] gis data"):

https://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

For anything relating to the U.S. boundaries, go to:

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/tiger-data-products-guide.html

For Census/demographic data, you're in luck the 2020 decennial data is out (maybe helpful if you have a question about best area to service for a gameboard shop):

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/

To be fair, there are many datasets also hosted on arcgis hubs, like FAA data:

https://adds-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/

There are also non-arcgis options for other datasets:

https://flightaware.com/

This all said, feel free to DM me about specific questions or what you are trying to do. I'd be more than happy to help.