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Note:
In accordance with legislation effective July 1, 2005, the services provided by the Local Planning
Assistance Center are no longer available. However, resources produced by the Local Planning Assistance
Center through June 30, 2005, will remain available from this web site. The LPA site has also been
archived and can be downloaded via
http://www.gda.state.mn.us/resource.html?Id=17467
Please direct requests for information packets to:
Professor Tony Filipovitch, Chair
Urban and Regional Studies Institute
Minnesota State; University at Mankato
106 Morris Hall
Mankato MN 56001
507-389-5035
tony@mnsu.edu
GIS and Planning in Minnesota
Minnesota Data and Maps
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GIS Clearinghouse: Land Management Information Center (LMIC) provides a number of ways to find information about Minnesota's geographic
information system data resources.
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LMIC's 2003 air photo viewer: Use LMIC's pilot raster clipping web mapping application to preview the 2003 digital orthorectified images, then
clip out and download subsets of the data
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Data Deli: Download GIS data
from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Data Deli.
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State Demographic Center: The center analyzes and distributes data from state, U.S. Census Bureau and
other sources. Obtain
projected populations to 2030 for cities and townships outside the Twin
Cities area.
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2003-2004 Minnesota State Highway Map: Now available online. This newly
updated map features a city index, regional maps, historic sites, state parks,
and mileage chart.
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County maps: MNDOT's highway maps are available online.
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Hazard mitigation maps: LPAC has created numerous statewide maps for creating hazard mitigation plans in
Minnesota.
Minnesota's Rural GIS User Groups
- Pine2Prairie GIS: The Pine to Prairie GIS User Group has evolved
from the former Outstate GIS User Group that was hosted by Otter Tail County
GIS. Meetings are held quarterly and include informational and educational
presentations, networking opportunities, as well as project and product
demonstrations. The group's web site includes a Bulletin Board for posting of
GIS-related questions and discussion. For more information, visit their Web site or contact Wayne Hurley
at West Central Initiative: wayne@wcif.org
or phone 218-739-2239, Toll-free (MN only) 800-735-2239. .
- Northern Minnesota GIS Users Group: Formed to facilitate
communication among people working in all areas of GIS in Northern
Minnesota. It is open to anyone and is non-software specific. Quarterly
meetings usually include presentations or tours, and are held in different
locations around northern Minnesota. The contact for the group is Dave
Yapel at 218-529-7539 or by email:
dyapel@ardc.org.
- SE Minnesota Counties GIS Users Group: The
SE Minnesota Counties GIS Users Group is open to people in
Rice, Goodhue, Steele, Freeborn, Mower, Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Fillmore,
Winona and Houston Counties. The group meets every two months in
different locations around the 11-county region. Topics of discussion include joint project opportunities, networking
and data sharing, and teaching
other people GIS. Meetings also include presentations,
product demonstrations, training sessions and discussion of training needs.
You can find more information at
www.co.goodhue.mn.us (click on ‘GIS
Users Group’), or contact Sarah Midler, Goodhue County, at
651-385-3193 or sarah.midler@co.goodhue.mn.us.
- Southwest Minnesota GIS User Group: The group consists of various
public and private entities in southwest Minnesota. The group meets quarterly
at locations throughout the region. The host is selected at the previous
meeting who then leads the next meeting with a presentation on a topic of
interest. For more information contact Charlie Kost, GIS Director, Southwest
MN State University, 507-537-6371,
kostc@southwestmsu.edu.
Planning Examples - Who's Using GIS?
GIS Tools
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EPICplanner: A
free GIS planning tool which expands the core functionality of EPIC GIS to
include report and model builders. Users can address suitability, probability
and likelihood scenarios by applying predefined models or creating their own.
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FGIS: A simple GIS and
image viewer, digitizer and shapefile editor
created by University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin DNR - Division of Forestry. Can
view the
Farm Services Agency NAIP 2003 color photos of Minnesota.
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Environmental Atlas:
An electronic textbook that delivers Minnesota's data to educators,
governments and citizens. Contains more than 250 digital maps along with the
software to retrieve and analyze the information.
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ArcExplorer: A lightweight GIS data viewer developed by ESRI. This freely available
software offers an easy way to perform a variety of basic GIS functions,
including display, query, and data retrieval applications.
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DNR Garmin
utility: Can download data from GPS units,
convert point data to shapefiles for use in mapping programs like ArcView and
fGIS. Is a stand alone product, or an extension of ArcView.
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