Mapping/GIS Division - Links

Missoula County Links

City of Missoula Public Works GIS/Mapping Section
Visit the City of Missoula Public Works GIS/Mapping Section website for city-related GIS information, downloadable GIS data, and various maps.

Montana Cadastral Mapping Project
The Project is public-private sector partnership to create, maintain, and disseminate a digital GIS land ownership cadastral database of the entire state. This site presents the status of the Project, discusses some Project techniques and programs, and disseminates Project data via interactive web mapping and raw data files.
Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)
Established in 1985, the NRIS was designed to simplify the task of identifying and acquiring natural resource information. As a program of the Montana State Library, NRIS makes information on Montana's natural resources easily and readily accessible. Serving government agencies, business and industry, and private citizens, NRIS operates a clearinghouse and referral service to link users with the best sources of information and service.

U.S. Census Bureau Homepage
-- U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder
-- Census 2010
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Maps, Insurance, and Information
Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States. Flood effects can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins and multiple states. Visit this site for general flood information, for flood insurance information, and to view/purchase Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) online.

Montana Association of Geographic Information Professionals (MAGIP)
The mission of MAGIP is to stimulate, encourage, and otherwise provide for the advancement of an interdisciplinary approach to the use of geographic information. The Association sponsors educational workshops, conferences, forums, grants, and scholarships.

They work collectively with educators, data creators, data users, application developers, and software vendors to foster technical cooperation and promote the development of sound management policy and practices that can support the efficient and effective use of geographic information system resources.
Northwest GIS User Group - The Northwest GIS User Group, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for training, exchange of knowledge, techniques, and data among the users of ESRI software and related GIS products and services.

GEOMAC Wildfire Mapper
The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group or GeoMAC, is an internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the conterminous 48 States and Alaska. Using a standard web browser, fire personnel can download this information to pinpoint the affected areas. With the growing concern of western wildland fires in the summer of 2000, this application also became available to the public.
InciWeb
InciWeb is an interagency wildland fire incident information management system. The system was developed with two primary missions: The first was to provide a standardized reporting tool for the Public Affairs community during the course of wildland fire incidents. The second was to provide the public a single source of information related to active wildland fire information.