Using USGS National Elevation Dataset, National Land Cover Data, and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data 

Author:

Joseph J. Kerski
Geographer
USGS
Box 25046 - MS 507
Denver CO 80225-0046 USA
303-202-4315  Tel
303-202-4137  Fax
jjkerski@usgs.gov

1)  Access all three of these data sets are available on:

http://seamless.usgs.gov

2)  Zoom in and box your area of interest.  

3) Download and unzip your three datasets into three different folders.  You can download up to 100MB at once.

4)  Add your data as themes and layers into your GIS.