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Narragansett Bay Use Categories (superceded by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)
South Coast Use Categories (superceded by RI CRMC - Coastal Water Use Type)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Major Rivers and Streams (superceded by Rivers and Streams: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)
Major Surface Water Bodies (superceded by Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)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Marine & Estuarine Waters: Water Quality Standards and Impairments (superceded by Marine and Estuarine Waters: RI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report 2008)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.