Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
The GIS Team maintains geographic data and supports the Department of Parks and Planning Department with mapping and spatial analysis. Geographic data provides a key research tool for planners preparing master plans, reviewing development proposals and analyzing countywide resource needs.
By maintaining accurate data and developing standardized tools and visual designs, our staff creates high-quality maps and visualizes geographic data in 2-d and 3-d.
Coordinating with Montgomery County government agencies, the GIS team provides a full suite of geographic data and resources such as:
- property boundaries
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building footprints
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road information
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addresses
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terrain models
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environmental features
GIS Team Wins Award for Agricultural Reserve Map
The Montgomery County Planning Department GIS Team won a prestigious academic award for generating a wall-sized, intricately detailed color map of the county’s nationally known Agricultural Reserve. The map was deemed best in the “professional” category at Towson University’s recent Geographic Information Systems (GIS) conference, which draws scores of submissions and is attended by hundreds of mapping professionals and cartography students.
The award at Towson’s 2008 Map Design Competition, determined by conference participant votes, recognizes the Ag Reserve map as a marriage of good design and “visual display of cartographic data.” The map, part of a series of educational display maps depicting county success stories, will be displayed in the Walters Art Museum's “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World” exhibit until June 28.
Download map (pdf, 5MB) | Read the press release
What's New
- A listing of the GIS Team's Projects has been created.
- Data related to the White Flint Master Plan is available for download.
