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There is a wide variety of Houston data you can use for your project. These include:
Roads, Pavement, Building Footprints, Contour Lines, Land Parcels, and Aerial Imagery.
All of these can be f
STARMap is a highly detailed roads dataset produced by HGAC and used for routing by emergency vehicles.
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found on this Wiki page under Common GIS Data>Houston. If you need data not listed here, please ask a GDC staff member for assistance.
Managing Data
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After obtaining your data, you can process them in many ways. For the following basic processing steps, follow the guide instructions:
Clipping, Merging, Joining Tables, Symbolizing, and/or Adding a Legend.
Instructions for all of these processing methods can be found on this Wiki page under Common GIS Methods>Managing Data. If you need to process your data in another way, please ask a GDC staff member for assistance.
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If you intend to have roads in your final product, you should clip the file. This cuts it to the area of your focus and helps ArcMap work more quickly.