The following Biology & Ecology dataset updated:
The download file for the Wetlands dataset has been updated - it now includes the final report in PDF format that was written by IEP Inc, the company that was originally contracted to create this dataset. The wetlands data themselves have not been changed.

The following Planning & Cadastre data added:
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database for Bristol County
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database for Bristol County

The following Planning & Cadastre data removed:
FEMA: Bristol County (superceded by new DFIRM database)
FEMA: Providence County (superced by new DFIRM database)
FEMA: Statewide (superceded by new DFIRM databases)

The following Transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes (data effective June 2009)
RIPTA Bus Stops (data effective June 2009)
RIPTA Park and Ride Routes (data effective June 2009)
RIPTA Park and Ride Stops (data effective June 2009)

8/6/09

The following Transportation data added:
Roads - RIDOT (replaces "Roads - 1:5000", is considered to be the most up-to-date statewide roads dataset as of June 2009)

The following Transportation data removed:
Roads - All (very outdated road data superceded by Roads - RIDOT)
Road Names (an annotation layer associated with "Roads - All")
Roads - 1:5000 (superceded by "Roads - RIDOT")

8/4/09

The following Biology and Ecology data updated:
Natural Heritage Areas (formerly known as Rare Species; metadata were updated but no features changes)

The following Environment and Conservation data updated:
Shellfish Harvest Prohibition Areas 2009 (polygons reflect prohibition areas for 2009)

The following Inland Waters data removed:
Ponds (1:5000) (These data were redundant; shared identical features with the "Lakes & Ponds (1:5000)" dataset)

3/6/09

The following Imagery and Base Maps updated and made available online:
NOAA Raster Navigational Charts (unofficial versions)

2/11/09

The following Geological and Geophysical data updated:
"Soils" have been updated and retitled as "Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Soil Polygons". Please note only the attributes have been updated (it is no longer necessary to download a separate attribute table), and sport improved metadata. The features themselves have not changed.

The following Geological and Geophysical data added:
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Special Line Features
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Special Point Features

The following Inland Water data modified:
"NRCS HUC 12 Drainage Basins for RI" have been updated and retitled as "Watershed Boundary Dataset "

NRCS HUC 12 Drainage Basins for New England have been removed. Please note that fully documented regional watershed boundary data may be easily downloaded in the Rhode Island State Plane projection from the USDA Geospatial Data Gateway, negating the need to redistribute these data from RIGIS.

The following Transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park and Ride Routes
RIPTA Park and Ride Stops

The following Geological and Geophysical data retitled:
Glacial Geology retitled as Glacial Deposits
Barrier Beaches retitled as Barrier Islands and Spits

The following Facilities and Structures data retitled:
Medical Facilities retitled as Hospitals and Community Health Centers

The following Environment and Conservation data updated:
Shellfish Harvest Prohibition Areas 2008

The following Environment and Conservation data added:
Shellfish Harvest Prohibition Landward Limit 2008

The following Inland Water Resources data added (cross-listed in Environment and Conservation category):
Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008
Rivers and Streams: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008

The following Oceans and Estuaries data added:
Marine and Estuarine Waters: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008

The following Planning and Cadastre data removed:
Narragansett Bay Use Categories (superceded by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)
South Coast Use Categories (superceded by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)

The following Inland Water Resources data removed:
Major Rivers and Streams (superceded by Rivers and Streams: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)
Major Surface Water Bodies (superceded by Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)

The following Oceans and Estuaries data removed:
Marine & Estuarine Waters: Water Quality Standards and Impairments (superceded by Marine and Estuarine Waters: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)

The following Facilities and Structures data removed:
Schools - 900 ft buffer zones (buffer zones did not reflect school property boundaries)

The following Facilities and Structures data updated:
E-911 Sites

The following Elevation and Derived Products data added:
Statewide Digital Terrain Model (1997)
Statewide Digital Terrain Model- Raw Mass Point and Breakline Data (1997)

The following Environment and Conservation data added:
Impervious Surfaces

The following Facilities & Structures data added:
Schools - 900 Ft Buffer Zones

The following Facilities & Structures data updated:
Schools

The following Oceans & Estuaries data updated:
RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type

The following Facilities & Structures data updated:
E-911 Sites

The following Inland Waters data updated:
Streams (1:5000)

The following Transportation data updated:
E-911 Driveways
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park and Ride Routes
RIPTA Park and Ride Stops
Roads - E-911

The following Utilities & Communication data added:
E-911 Fire Hydrants

The following Planning & Cadastral data added:
Land Use / Land Cover 2003/04

The following Utilities & Communication data added:
Wind Speed Estimates

The following Facilities & Structures data added:
Colleges and Universities

The following Facilities & Structures data updated:
Law Enforcement Locations
Libraries

The following Transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park and Ride Routes
RIPTA Park and Ride Stops

8/17/07

The following Environment & Conservation data updated:
Shellfish Restrictions

The following Transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park and Ride Routes
RIPTA Park and Ride Stops

The following Oceans & Estuaries data added:
RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type

The following Oceans & Estuaries data deleted:
Coastal Water Classification (replaced by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)
Narragansett Bay Water Classification (superceded by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)

The following Cultural, Society, & Demography data were updated:
US Census 2000 (SF1); Population & Housing Statewide
US Census 2000 (SF3); Population & Housing Statewide

The following Inland Waters data updated:
Major Surface Water Bodies
Major Rivers & Streams

The following Oceans & Estuaries data added:
Marine & Estuarine Waters: Water Quality Standards and Impairments

The following Planning & Cadastral data added:
Urban Services Boundary

The following Transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Bus Routes

1/9/07
The following Open Space data added:
Local & NGO Conservation and Park Lands
State Conservation and Park Lands

And, in turn, the following Open Space data were deleted:
Audubon Lands
Private Land Trust Holdings
Protected Open Space
Protected Public Lands

The following E-911 data updated:
E-911 Sites

The following transportation data updated:
1:5,000 Roads
TIGER Roads
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park & Ride lots
RIPTA Park & Ride Bus Routes

7/31/06
The following transportation data updated:
TIGER Roads
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops
RIPTA Park & Ride lots

The following new transportation data added:
RIPTA Park & Ride Bus Routes

6/5/06
The following hydrography data updated:
Groundwater Classification

The following coastal resources data updated:
Shellfish Closure Areas

4/27/06
The following boundary data updated:
Coastline

The following hydrography data removed:
Coastline (duplicated in boundary data)

And the following transportation data removed:
Primary Roads (obsolete with arrival of new TIGER Roads data)

4/17/06
The following transportation data updated:
TIGER Roads
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops

And the following coastal resources data added:
Narragansett Bay Estuarine and Marine Wetlands Trend Analysis

1/27/06
Statewide orthophotography listing updated. 2-foot color orthophotographs from the Spring of 2003 & 2004 are now available for download! These images, funded by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, encompass the entire State.

11/15/05
The following elevation data are now available:
1:100,000 USGS Hypsography Dataset 10 Meter Elevation Contour Lines for Rhode Island & Nearby Massachussetts & Connecticut.

10/5/05
The following transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops

7/22/05
The following transportation data updated:
RIPTA Bus Routes
RIPTA Bus Stops

7/14/05
Available free software options for viewing MrSID formatted images have been updated.

6/30/05
Instructions for the RIGIS email listserv posted.

6/15/05
The following hydrography data updated:
Community Wellhead Protection Areas
Non-community Wellhead Protection Areas
Groundwater Classification
Groundwater Recharge Areas

6/15/05
Shellfish Closure Areas moved from Natual Resources to Coastal Resources category

5/31/05
Facilities/Schools and Natural Resources/Shellfish Closure Areas updated.

3/30/05
The RIGIS 2004 updates are now available for download. These include updates to existing datasets along with some additions.

View the announcement.

12/7/04
Statewide orthophotography listing updated.

7/18/02
Updates for 2002 are now available online. See 2002 Updates for a complete listing.

2/11/02
The RIGIS 2002 updates are now available for download. These include updates to existing datasets along with some additions.

View the announcement.

3/21/01
The 1:5000 roads are now available on an individual town basis. Go to the town based data to download

10/13/00
The 2 CD set of RIDOT 1:5000 orthophotography is now available for purchase from Statewide Planning.

The NOAA Nautical Charts CD for Narragansett Bay and Coastal Rhode Island is also available.

10/12/00
Information for purchasing RIGIS Data on CD-ROM from Statewide Planning is now available.

8/8/00
The RIGIS 2000 updates are now available for download. These include updates to existing datasets along with some additions.

View the announcement.
 

10/27/99
Commonly requested logos are now available in the Statewide Database.
 

10/19/99
Ever wonder what all those codes in the soil attribute table meant? 
Well now there is an answer!

Soil attribute descriptions and definitions are know available.
 

6/14/99
Digital Orthophotography for the entire state is now available online. The link has been added to the Statewide Data Layers pick list.

4/28/99
RI stateplane feet webpage debut along with the addition of new data that are not available in UTM projection.