GPS coordinates for the main buildings, outdoor art scupltures and miscellaneous other point features on campus are available for use with GPS receivers. These coordinates were derived from City of Bellingham Air Photos and are believed to have a horizontal accuracy of within 5 feet. You can also view the data using Google Maps.

BUILDINGS:

Point location positioned just inside the main door of the building. For dorms the point is centered inside the wall closest to the main access side.

MISCELLANEOUS Features:

Miscellaneous features are grouped (and named) by type:

BUS (stops)
FOOD (on campus including resident dining)
PHONE (emergency phones)
PUBLIC (courtyards, plazas, etc)
SPORT (fields, etc.

ART (WWU's Outdoor Sculpture Collection):

Coordinates for the WWU Outdoor Sculpture Collection.

File Formats:

Files are available in a variety of formats to accommodate different types of GPS receiver**:

.txt tab delimited text file
.csv comma delimited text file
.gdb Garmin GPS Database (note, this is not an ESRI Geodatabase)
.gpx GPS eXchange file
.wpt Garmin waypoint file
.zip A zipped ESRI Shapefile (for use in a GIS)
.kml Keyhole markup language for Google Earth / Map

Click or Right-click to download (Save) files: (to simply view the data click on one of the .txt files or the Google Maps links below):

	Buildings	Art	Misc
.txt	WWU_Buildings.txt	WWU_Misc.txt	WWU_ART.txt
.csv	WWU_Buildings.csv	WWU_Misc.csv	WWU_ART.csv
.gdb	WWU_Buildings.gdb	WWU_Misc.gdb	WWU_ART.gdb
.gpx	WWU_Buildings.gpx	WWU_Misc.gpx	WWU_ART.gpx
.wpt	WWU_Buildings.wpt	WWU_Misc.wpt	WWU_ART.wpt
.zip (shp)	WWU_Buildings_shp.zip	WWU_Misc_shp.zip	WWU_Art_shp.zip
.kml*	WWU_Buildings.kml	WWU_Misc.kml	WWU_ART.kml

* You can view the KML files in Google Maps (online)

Buildings.kml_in GOOGLE MAPS

Art.kml_in GOOGLE MAPS

Misc.kml_in_GOOGLE MAPS

You can also open the KML files directly in Google Earth (from the online files - which requires Google Earth to be installed on your computer)

Buildings.kml

Art.kml

Misc.kml

** Conversion from Shapefile format performed using CSV files and the POIconverter utility (free download).

Coordinates derived from 2002 City of Bellingham Air Photos and field verifications. Horizontal error estimated at less than 5 feet.

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