{ "checked": "2026-10-27", "groups": [ { "id": "montana", "name": "Montana", "short": "Montana", "blurb": "Parcels, public land, districts, water, minerals, hunting, and the county offices where deeds and surveys are recorded." }, { "id": "us", "name": "United States", "short": "United States", "blurb": "Federal land, survey grid, tribal land, minerals, elevation, water, soils, floods and survey control for every state." }, { "id": "world", "name": "Canada and the world", "short": "Canada & world", "blurb": "Canadian census and federal lands, First Nations, and boundaries, people and roads for every country." }, { "id": "space", "name": "Space", "short": "Space", "blurb": "Planetary maps and names, satellites, spacecraft, asteroids and space weather for space UPNs." } ], "sources": [ { "id": "mt-cadastral-parcels", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Cadastral Parcels", "agency": "Montana State Library (with Montana Dept of Revenue)", "office": "MSL Cadastral theme lead (Jeff Hedstrom)", "phone": "406-444-5371", "email": "jhedstrom@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/Parcels", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_cadastral_map_v1/MapServer/1", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Monthly, per county", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "every parcel on eCounty Montana and its UPN", "notes": "Downloads are by county from the folder. DOR keeps most counties; Ravalli, Silver Bow, Missoula, Flathead and Yellowstone keep their own.", "phoneSource": "https://www.msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/cadastral" }, { "id": "mt-public-lands", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Public Lands", "agency": "Montana State Library", "office": "MSL Geographic Information", "phone": "406-444-5354", "email": "geoinfo@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/PublicLands/", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_cadastral_map_v1/MapServer/2", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Continually", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "State, federal and tribal ownership as one layer (layer 2 of the cadastral service).", "phoneSource": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/PublicLands/MontanaCadastral_PublicLandsMetadata.xml" }, { "id": "mt-conservation-easements", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Conservation Easements", "agency": "Montana State Library", "office": "MSL Geographic Information", "phone": "406-444-5354", "email": "geoinfo@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/ConservationEasements/", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_cadastral_map_v1/MapServer/0", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Typically monthly", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Layer 0 of the cadastral service.", "phoneSource": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/msdi_cadastral_map_v1/MapServer/0/metadata" }, { "id": "mt-admin-boundaries", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Administrative Boundaries (counties, towns, school districts, precincts, reservations, trust land)", "agency": "Montana State Library", "office": "MSL Administrative Boundaries theme lead (Meghan Burns)", "phone": "406-444-1550", "email": "mburns2@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AdministrativeBoundaries/", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_administrative_boundaries_map_v1/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "As changed", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "counties, towns, school and fire districts, precincts, reservations and trust land on the county map and eTribe", "notes": "One zip per layer (MontanaCounties_shp.zip, MontanaReservations.zip with off-reservation trust land, school districts, precincts). MSL says its current web services retire July 31, 2026; check the endpoints. Rural fire districts are a DNRC service.", "phoneSource": "https://msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/administrative_boundaries/" }, { "id": "mt-naip-imagery", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana NAIP aerial photos, 2025 (30 cm) and 2023 (60 cm)", "agency": "Montana State Library", "office": "MSL Orthoimagery theme lead (Erin Fashoway)", "phone": "406-444-9013", "email": "efashoway@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Imagery/2025_NAIP/", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MSDI_Framework/msdi_naip2025_provisional_image_v1/ImageServer", "formats": [ "MrSID county mosaics", "Image service", "Tile index shapefile" ], "update": "Each NAIP cycle", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "Calibrate and the ranch twin", "notes": "2023 service: gisservice.mt.gov MSDI_Framework/NAIP_2023/ImageServer. The 2025 service is provisional.", "phoneSource": "https://msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/orthoimagery" }, { "id": "mt-structures-addresses", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Structures and Addresses", "agency": "Montana State Library", "office": "MSL Structures & Addresses theme lead (Michael Fashoway)", "phone": "406-444-2793", "email": "mfashoway@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/AddressStructures/", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_structures_addresses_map_v1/MapServer/0", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Routinely", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Every structure and address point statewide, from local, state, federal and private sources.", "phoneSource": "https://msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/structures_and_addresses" }, { "id": "mt-transportation", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Transportation (roads)", "agency": "Montana State Library; Montana Dept of Transportation", "office": "MSL Transportation theme lead (Michael Fashoway)", "phone": "406-444-2793", "email": "mfashoway@mt.gov", "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Transportation/TransportationFramework_SHP.zip", "rest": "https://gisservice.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/msdi_transportation_map_v1/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Regularly", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "MDT Geospatial Information answers state-highway questions at 406-444-6119.", "phoneSource": "https://prod-msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/transportation/index" }, { "id": "mt-water-rights", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Water Rights (points of diversion, places of use)", "agency": "Montana DNRC", "office": "Water Resources Division, Water Rights, Helena", "phone": "406-444-6601", "email": null, "download": null, "rest": "https://gis.dnrc.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/WRD/WMB_WaterRightsData/MapServer", "formats": [ "REST", "GeoJSON" ], "update": "Live from the water rights database", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Layer 0 points of diversion, layer 1 places of use; 1,000 records per query.", "phoneSource": "https://dnrc.mt.gov/Contact" }, { "id": "mt-oil-gas-wells", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Oil and Gas Wells", "agency": "Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (DNRC)", "office": "MBOGC Billings office", "phone": "406-656-0040", "email": "dnrc_publicinfo@mt.gov", "download": "https://bogwebfiles.dnrc.mt.gov/GISData/", "rest": "https://gis.dnrc.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Hosted/BOG_Wells/FeatureServer/1", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "REST", "CSV" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Wells.zip, WellPaths.zip, field boundaries, units and coal-bed methane points; the minerals layer of the rights stack.", "phoneSource": "https://dnrc.mt.gov/bogc/contact" }, { "id": "mt-state-trust-lands", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana State Trust Lands", "agency": "Montana DNRC Trust Lands Management Division", "office": "Trust Lands Management, Helena", "phone": "406-444-5499", "email": null, "download": null, "rest": "https://gis.dnrc.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Hosted/Trust_Lands_Surface_Tracts/FeatureServer/1", "formats": [ "REST" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Surface tracts; no file download found. Division main line, not a GIS desk.", "phoneSource": "https://dnrc.mt.gov/Contact" }, { "id": "mt-fwp-hunting-districts", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana FWP Hunting Districts", "agency": "Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks", "office": "FWP GIS (Adam Messer, GIS Coordinator)", "phone": "406-444-0095", "email": "amesser@mt.gov", "download": "https://gis-mtfwp.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/d148ae5ae2374132b53b438b6c03264f_0", "rest": "https://fwp-gis.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/admbnd/huntingDistricts/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "REST", "GeoJSON" ], "update": "Annually", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "About 35 layers: big game, birds, furbearers. Show at sensible scales and send hunters to FWP for current rules.", "phoneSource": "https://fwp-gis.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/webResources/metadata/admbnd/huntDistrictsDeerElkLion2020.htm" }, { "id": "mt-fwp-block-management", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana FWP Block Management and Access Sites", "agency": "Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks", "office": "FWP GIS (Tyler Rennfield)", "phone": "406-542-5535", "email": "trennfield@mt.gov", "download": null, "rest": "https://fwp-gis.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wild/hpNewBMA_MIL/MapServer", "formats": [ "REST" ], "update": "Daily; offline July to early August", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Access sites, roads and closures are in wild/hpNewAccessPrograms_MIL. FWP asks users not to download; read the service. Program questions: Jason Kool, 406-444-2505.", "phoneSource": "https://fwp-gis.mt.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wild/hpNewBMA_MIL/MapServer/1/metadata" }, { "id": "daniels-clerk-recorder", "group": "montana", "name": "Daniels County Clerk & Recorder (deeds, plats, surveys, corner records)", "agency": "Daniels County, Montana", "office": "Clerk & Recorder/Surveyor, 213 Main St, Scobey", "phone": "406-487-5561", "email": "clerkrec@danielsco.mt.gov", "download": "https://www.danielscountymt.gov/clerk-recorder", "rest": null, "formats": [ "Recorded documents" ], "update": "Daily recording", "cost": "County fees", "status": "use", "usedIn": "UPS deeds for Daniels County", "notes": "Where Daniels County deeds, plats, certificates of survey and corner records are recorded. Also 406-487-5564; Mon to Fri 8 to 5.", "phoneSource": "https://www.danielscountymt.gov/clerk-recorder" }, { "id": "sheridan-clerk-recorder", "group": "montana", "name": "Sheridan County Clerk & Recorder (deeds, plats, surveys, corner records)", "agency": "Sheridan County, Montana", "office": "Clerk & Recorder, 100 W Laurel Ave, Plentywood", "phone": "406-765-3403", "email": null, "download": "https://sheridancountymt.gov/clerk-recorder", "rest": null, "formats": [ "Recorded documents" ], "update": "Daily recording", "cost": "County fees", "status": "use", "usedIn": "UPS deeds for Sheridan County", "notes": "Deeds, certificates of survey and plats for Sheridan County. The planning office is 406-765-3411.", "phoneSource": "https://sheridancountymt.gov/clerk-recorder" }, { "id": "mt-dor-property-assessment", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Department of Revenue property assessment (ORION)", "agency": "Montana Department of Revenue", "office": "Call center, Helena", "phone": "406-444-6900", "email": null, "download": "https://ftpgeoinfo.msl.mt.gov/Data/Spatial/MSDI/Cadastral/Parcels", "rest": null, "formats": [ "CAMA database (through MSL)" ], "update": "Monthly through MSL", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "owners and values on each parcel", "notes": "Owner, value and building records behind the parcels. Assessment questions go to the local field office.", "phoneSource": "https://revenue.mt.gov/about/property-assessment" }, { "id": "mt-surveyor-board", "group": "montana", "name": "Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (corner record rules)", "agency": "Montana Department of Labor & Industry", "office": "Board of PE & PLS, Helena", "phone": "406-444-6880", "email": "DLIBSDHELP@MT.GOV", "download": "https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/professional-engineers-land-surveyors/", "rest": null, "formats": [ "Licensee lookup", "Rules" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Corner records are filed with the county clerk and recorder (70-22-104 MCA); no statewide survey index exists. The board licenses the surveyors who seal them.", "phoneSource": "https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/professional-engineers-land-surveyors/" }, { "id": "blm-sma", "group": "us", "name": "BLM Surface Management Agency (who manages each acre)", "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management", "office": "BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, Billings", "phone": "406-896-5004", "email": "BLM_OC_GIS_Hub_UserSupport@blm.gov", "download": "https://blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/6bf2e737c59d4111be92420ee5ab0b46/data", "rest": "https://gis.blm.gov/arcgis/rest/services/lands/BLM_Natl_SMA_LimitedScale/MapServer", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "As needed", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "BLM, Forest Service, Park Service, FWS, BIA, state and private land nationwide. State office main line; the MLRS page lists 406-896-5000 for the same office.", "phoneSource": "https://www.blm.gov/montana-dakotas" }, { "id": "blm-plss", "group": "us", "name": "BLM PLSS / CadNSDI (townships, sections, quarter-quarters)", "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management, with the Montana State Library", "office": "MSL CadNSDI lead (Jeff Hedstrom)", "phone": "406-444-5371", "email": "BLM_OC_GIS_Hub_UserSupport@blm.gov", "download": "https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-national-plss-public-land-survey-system-polygons", "rest": "https://gis.blm.gov/natlplss/rest/services/Cadastral/BLM_Natl_PLSS_CadNSDI/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Yearly (Montana)", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "The survey grid UPS deeds start from. BLM publishes no PLSS phone; MSL co-stewards Montana's. The old gis.blm.gov/arcgis path works until Feb 1, 2027.", "phoneSource": "https://www.msl.mt.gov/geoinfo/msdi/cadastral/CadNSDI" }, { "id": "blm-mining-claims", "group": "us", "name": "BLM mining claims (MLRS) and federal mineral estate", "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management", "office": "BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office (MLRS)", "phone": "406-896-5000", "email": "blm_mlrs@blm.gov", "download": "https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/api/download/v1/items/abec5ef96dc8495d9c29a01b30cc04ee/shapefile?layers=0", "rest": "https://nlsdbpubgis.blm.gov/arcgishub/rest/services/HUB/BLM_Natl_MLRS_Mining_Claims_Not_Closed/FeatureServer/0", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "GeoJSON", "KML", "CSV", "REST" ], "update": "Frequent", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Open mining claims nationwide. Montana federal subsurface (split estate) is a separate shapefile from the same hub; the minerals layer of the rights stack.", "phoneSource": "https://reports.blm.gov/content/mlrs/Contact-Us" }, { "id": "usfs-ownership", "group": "us", "name": "Forest Service boundaries and basic ownership", "agency": "USDA Forest Service", "office": "FSGeodata Clearinghouse", "phone": null, "email": "SM.FS.data@usda.gov", "download": "https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/edw/edw_resources/shp/BdyAdm_LSRS_AdministrativeForest.zip", "rest": "https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_BasicOwnership_01/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "REST" ], "update": "Weekly (ownership)", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "National forest boundaries and who owns land inside them. Email only.", "phoneSource": "https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/contactus.php" }, { "id": "bia-lar", "group": "us", "name": "BIA Land Area Representation (tribal and trust land)", "agency": "Bureau of Indian Affairs", "office": "Branch of Geospatial Support, Division of Land Titles and Records", "phone": "1-877-293-9494", "email": "geospatial@bia.gov", "download": "https://biamaps.geoplatform.gov/datadownload.html", "rest": "https://biamaps.geoplatform.gov/server/rest/services/DivLTR/BIA_AIAN_National_LAR/MapServer", "formats": [ "REST", "Shapefile (offices, regions)" ], "update": "Continuously", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "eTribe maps", "notes": "Reservations and trust land as BIA records them. bia.gov also lists (405) 230-0480 for the branch.", "phoneSource": "https://biamaps.geoplatform.gov/server/rest/services/DivLTR/BIA_AIAN_National_LAR/MapServer/info/iteminfo" }, { "id": "census-tiger", "group": "us", "name": "Census TIGER/Line (counties, places, tribal areas, roads, tracts)", "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau", "office": "Geography Division", "phone": "301-763-1128", "email": "geo.geography@census.gov", "download": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2026/", "rest": "https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "GeoPackage", "REST" ], "update": "Yearly (2026 released Oct 14, 2026)", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "eTribe maps and the North America view", "notes": "eTribe maps use the 2025 tribal areas (AIANNH) and tribal tracts; the 2026 files are now current.", "phoneSource": "https://census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/contact.html" }, { "id": "usgs-3dep", "group": "us", "name": "USGS 3DEP lidar, 1 m elevation and The National Map", "agency": "U.S. Geological Survey", "office": "The National Map help desk", "phone": "1-888-275-8747", "email": "tnm_help@usgs.gov", "download": "https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/", "rest": "https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer", "formats": [ "GeoTIFF", "LAZ lidar", "REST", "Tiles" ], "update": "As projects are delivered", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "lidar hillshade and contours on the dish site and ranch twin", "notes": "Hillshade and contours on the dish-site and ranch twin. The phone is 1-888-ASK-USGS; the help desk itself answers by email.", "phoneSource": "https://answers.usgs.gov/" }, { "id": "usgs-hydrography", "group": "us", "name": "USGS National Hydrography (3DHP, NHDPlus HR)", "agency": "U.S. Geological Survey", "office": "3D Hydrography Program", "phone": "1-888-275-8747", "email": "3DHP@usgs.gov", "download": "https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6930876ed4be027594fed169", "rest": "https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DHP_all/MapServer", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "Shapefile (legacy NHD)", "REST" ], "update": "Quarterly (services)", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Rivers, streams and lakes; the water layer of the rights stack. NHDPlus HR is retired and frozen.", "phoneSource": "https://www.usgs.gov/NHD/DataAccess" }, { "id": "usgs-pad-us", "group": "us", "name": "PAD-US (every protected and public area in the US)", "agency": "U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project", "office": "PAD-US team", "phone": "1-888-392-8545", "email": "pad-us@usgs.gov", "download": "https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project/science/pad-us-data-download", "rest": "https://edits.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/PAD-US/PAD_US_4_1/MapServer", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "KMZ", "REST" ], "update": "Irregular (4.1, March 2025)", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Public land and conservation easements for all 50 states; the national successor to NCED, which stopped updating in January 2025.", "phoneSource": "https://edits.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/PAD-US/PAD_US_4_1/MapServer/0/metadata" }, { "id": "nrcs-ssurgo", "group": "us", "name": "NRCS SSURGO soils (Web Soil Survey)", "agency": "USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service", "office": "Soils hotline", "phone": "402-437-5378", "email": "soilshotline@usda.gov", "download": "https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/", "rest": "https://sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov/", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase (gSSURGO)", "Web service" ], "update": "Yearly refresh", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Soil map units and ratings for land value and the ranch twin. Also 402-437-5379.", "phoneSource": "https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/data-and-reports/soil-survey-geographic-database-ssurgo" }, { "id": "fsa-naip", "group": "us", "name": "USDA NAIP aerial photos (national)", "agency": "USDA FPAC Business Center, Geospatial Enterprise Operations", "office": "GEO customer service, Salt Lake City", "phone": "801-844-2922", "email": "geo.sales@usda.gov", "download": "https://naip-usdaonline.hub.arcgis.com/", "rest": "https://imagery.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/USGSNAIPImagery/ImageServer", "formats": [ "GeoTIFF", "County mosaics", "REST" ], "update": "Every 2 to 3 years per state", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "For states beyond Montana. The farm-field Common Land Unit lines are not public (2008 Farm Bill section 1619).", "phoneSource": "https://www.fpacbc.usda.gov/geospatial-services/customer-services/naip-coverage-map" }, { "id": "fema-nfhl", "group": "us", "name": "FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer", "agency": "Federal Emergency Management Agency", "office": "FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX)", "phone": "1-877-336-2627", "email": "FEMA-FMIX@fema.dhs.gov", "download": "https://msc.fema.gov/portal/advanceSearch", "rest": "https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "REST", "WMS" ], "update": "As new maps take effect", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Flood zones per parcel. County files by FIPS (Montana is 30). 1-877-FEMA-MAP, Mon to Fri 8 to 7 Eastern.", "phoneSource": "https://floodmaps.fema.gov/FHM/FMX_MAIN.HTML" }, { "id": "ngs-survey-marks", "group": "us", "name": "NOAA NGS survey marks, datasheets and OPUS", "agency": "NOAA National Geodetic Survey", "office": "NGS Information Center", "phone": "301-713-3242", "email": "ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov", "download": "https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/datasheets/", "rest": "https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web_services/data-explorer.shtml", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "Datasheets", "JSON API" ], "update": "Monthly shapefiles", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Benchmarks and control points to tie UPS corners to; OPUS turns a GPS file into a surveyed position.", "phoneSource": "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39738" }, { "id": "usfws-wetlands", "group": "us", "name": "National Wetlands Inventory", "agency": "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service", "office": "NWI Wetlands Team", "phone": null, "email": "wetlands_team@fws.gov", "download": "https://documentst.ecosphere.fws.gov/wetlands/data/State-Downloads/MT_geodatabase_wetlands.zip", "rest": "https://fwspublicservices.wim.usgs.gov/wetlandsmapservice/rest/services/Wetlands/MapServer", "formats": [ "File geodatabase", "GeoPackage", "REST" ], "update": "Twice a year", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Swap MT in the file name for any state. Email only.", "phoneSource": "https://fws.gov/program/national-wetlands-inventory/contact-us" }, { "id": "nws-api", "group": "us", "name": "National Weather Service alerts and forecasts", "agency": "NOAA National Weather Service", "office": "NCEP Central Operations", "phone": null, "email": "nco.ops@noaa.gov", "download": null, "rest": "https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?area=MT", "formats": [ "GeoJSON", "CAP" ], "update": "Real time", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "weather warnings on the county map", "notes": "Warnings on the county map. Send a User-Agent naming the app.", "phoneSource": "https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-API" }, { "id": "statcan-boundaries-census", "group": "world", "name": "Statistics Canada 2021 boundary files (ADA, CSD, DA) and Census Profile", "agency": "Statistics Canada", "office": "General enquiries", "phone": "1-800-263-1136", "email": "infostats@statcan.gc.ca", "download": "https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/geo/sip-pis/boundary-limites/index2021-eng.cfm?year=21", "rest": "https://geo.statcan.gc.ca/geo_wa/rest/services/2021/Cartographic_boundary_files/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "GML", "File geodatabase", "REST", "CSV" ], "update": "Each census", "cost": "Free (Open Government Licence - Canada)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "Data Pool Value (Durham Region)", "notes": "General line, not a geography desk; international 1-514-283-8300.", "phoneSource": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/refcentre/index" }, { "id": "nrcan-canada-lands", "group": "world", "name": "Canada Lands Survey System parcels and NRCan GeoBase", "agency": "Natural Resources Canada", "office": "GeoInfo (geomatics); Surveyor General Branch", "phone": "1-800-661-2638", "email": "nrcan.clss-satc.rncan@canada.ca", "download": "https://clss.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/data-donnees/sgb_datasets", "rest": "https://proxyinternet.nrcan.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/CLSS-SATC/CLSS_Administrative_Boundaries/MapServer", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "File geodatabase", "DWG", "KMZ", "REST" ], "update": "Weekly (cadastral); monthly (services)", "cost": "Free (Open Government Licence - Canada)", "status": "plan", "notes": "Federal lands in Canada: reserves, national parks, the territories. The email is the Surveyor General Branch's; the phone is NRCan GeoInfo's.", "phoneSource": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/science-data/science-research/geomatics/contact-geoinfo" }, { "id": "isc-first-nations", "group": "world", "name": "First Nations locations (Canada)", "agency": "Indigenous Services Canada", "office": "ISC Geomatics Services", "phone": "1-800-567-9604", "email": "servicesgeomatiques-geomaticsservices@sac-isc.gc.ca", "download": "https://data.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/DonneesOuvertes_OpenData/Premiere_Nation_First_Nation/Premiere_Nation_First_Nation_SHP.zip", "rest": "https://geo.sac-isc.gc.ca/geomatics/rest/services/Donnees_Ouvertes-Open_Data/Premiere_Nation_First_Nation/MapServer/0", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "GeoPackage", "File geodatabase", "CSV", "KML", "REST" ], "update": "Daily", "cost": "Free (Open Government Licence - Canada)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "eTribe for First Nations", "notes": "Includes tables linking each First Nation to its reserves and tribal council.", "phoneSource": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/b6567c5c-8339-4055-99fa-63f92114d9e4" }, { "id": "natural-earth", "group": "world", "name": "Natural Earth countries and states/provinces", "agency": "Natural Earth (volunteer project, NACIS)", "office": "Natural Earth maintainers", "phone": null, "email": "nathaniel@naturalearthdata.com", "download": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-countries/", "rest": null, "formats": [ "Shapefile", "GeoPackage" ], "update": "Versioned releases", "cost": "Free (public domain)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "countries and states on the world map", "notes": "The 238 countries and 4,498 states and provinces on the world map.", "phoneSource": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/" }, { "id": "geoboundaries", "group": "world", "name": "geoBoundaries (ADM0 to ADM2)", "agency": "William & Mary geoLab", "office": "geoBoundaries team", "phone": null, "email": "team@geoboundaries.org", "download": "https://github.com/wmgeolab/geoBoundaries", "rest": "https://www.geoboundaries.org/api/current/gbOpen/USA/ADM2/", "formats": [ "GeoJSON", "Shapefile", "TopoJSON" ], "update": "Continuous", "cost": "Free (CC BY 4.0 / ODbL)", "status": "plan", "notes": "Second-level units (counties, districts) worldwide, next on the world map. Swap USA and ADM2 for any country and level.", "phoneSource": "https://www.geoboundaries.org/" }, { "id": "world-bank-wdi", "group": "world", "name": "World Bank population and development indicators", "agency": "World Bank", "office": "Data Help Desk", "phone": null, "email": "data@worldbank.org", "download": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL", "rest": "https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL", "formats": [ "JSON", "CSV" ], "update": "When revised", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "people per country on the world map", "notes": "People per country for the world map and Data Pool.", "phoneSource": "https://data.worldbank.org/about/contact" }, { "id": "openstreetmap", "group": "world", "name": "OpenStreetMap (Overpass API, Geofabrik extracts)", "agency": "OpenStreetMap Foundation; Geofabrik GmbH", "office": "Geofabrik GmbH (extracts)", "phone": "+49 721 180 3560-0", "email": "info@geofabrik.de", "download": "https://download.geofabrik.de", "rest": "https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter", "formats": [ "OSM PBF", "Shapefile", "JSON" ], "update": "Daily extracts; Overpass near real time", "cost": "Free (ODbL)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "towns, services and ground stations", "notes": "Roads, buildings, ground stations and services worldwide. OSMF publishes no phone, so this is Geofabrik's. Keep public Overpass use light.", "phoneSource": "https://www.geofabrik.de/geofabrik/imprint.html" }, { "id": "esri-basemaps", "group": "world", "name": "Esri World Imagery and World Topo basemaps", "agency": "Esri", "office": "Esri Technical Support (US)", "phone": "1-888-377-4575", "email": null, "download": null, "rest": "https://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Topo_Map/MapServer", "formats": [ "Map tiles" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Esri terms of use; attribution required", "status": "use", "usedIn": "base map and satellite view", "notes": "The county map's base map and satellite view. Support Mon to Fri, 5 am to 5 pm Pacific.", "phoneSource": "https://doc.arcgis.com/en/data-appliance/2026/vector-basemaps/support-vb.htm" }, { "id": "nasa-gibs", "group": "world", "name": "NASA GIBS (Blue Marble, night lights, daily VIIRS)", "agency": "NASA ESDIS / Earthdata", "office": "Earthdata Support", "phone": null, "email": "support@earthdata.nasa.gov", "download": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/gibs", "rest": "https://nasa-gibs.github.io/gibs-api-docs/", "formats": [ "WMTS tiles", "WMS" ], "update": "Daily, 3 to 5 hours after observation", "cost": "Free (credit NASA GIBS)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "world map base layers", "notes": "World map base layers: Blue Marble, Black Marble night lights, yesterday's VIIRS.", "phoneSource": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/gibs" }, { "id": "nasa-treks", "group": "space", "name": "NASA Moon, Mars and Mercury Trek tiles", "agency": "NASA / JPL Solar System Treks", "office": "Solar System Treks project", "phone": null, "email": "gregory.schmidt@nasa.gov", "download": "https://trek.nasa.gov/", "rest": "https://trek.nasa.gov/tiles/apidoc", "formats": [ "WMTS tiles" ], "update": "Not stated", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "Moon, Mars and Mercury plats", "notes": "The base maps under the Plats page's townships on the Moon, Mars and Mercury.", "phoneSource": "https://trek.nasa.gov/" }, { "id": "usgs-astrogeology", "group": "space", "name": "USGS Astrogeology planetary maps and mosaics", "agency": "U.S. Geological Survey", "office": "Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff", "phone": "928-556-7000", "email": null, "download": "https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/site/annex", "rest": null, "formats": [ "GeoTIFF", "PDS4", "GeoCSV" ], "update": "Not stated", "cost": "Free (public domain)", "status": "plan", "notes": "Geologic maps and controlled mosaics for planetary plats. Main center number.", "phoneSource": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/connect/locations" }, { "id": "iau-planetary-names", "group": "space", "name": "IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature", "agency": "USGS Astrogeology for the IAU", "office": "Astrogeology Science Center", "phone": "928-556-7000", "email": "tgaither@usgs.gov", "download": "https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/GIS_Downloads", "rest": "https://asc-planetarynames-data.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/MOON_nomenclature_center_pts.zip", "formats": [ "Shapefile", "KMZ" ], "update": "Nightly", "cost": "Free (public domain)", "status": "plan", "notes": "Every named crater and feature; swap MOON in the file name for MARS, MERCURY or about 45 other bodies. Body UPNs use IAU names.", "phoneSource": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center/connect/locations" }, { "id": "celestrak", "group": "space", "name": "CelesTrak satellite element sets", "agency": "CelesTrak", "office": "Dr. T.S. Kelso", "phone": null, "email": "TS.Kelso@celestrak.org", "download": "https://celestrak.org/NORAD/documentation/gp-data-formats.php", "rest": "https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php", "formats": [ "CSV", "JSON", "OMM XML", "TLE" ], "update": "Every 2 hours", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "satellites in the space atlas", "notes": "About 15,900 satellites for the space atlas. Download each group once per update or the server refuses.", "phoneSource": "https://celestrak.org/" }, { "id": "jpl-horizons", "group": "space", "name": "JPL Horizons", "agency": "NASA JPL", "office": "Solar System Dynamics Group", "phone": null, "email": "contact-ssd@jpl.nasa.gov", "download": "https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/", "rest": "https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api", "formats": [ "JSON", "Text" ], "update": "Continuous", "cost": "Free", "status": "use", "usedIn": "spacecraft and planets in the space atlas", "notes": "Positions of spacecraft, moons and planets for space UPNs.", "phoneSource": "https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/contact/" }, { "id": "minor-planet-center", "group": "space", "name": "IAU Minor Planet Center", "agency": "IAU MPC (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)", "office": "MPC helpdesk", "phone": null, "email": null, "download": "https://data.minorplanetcenter.net/swamo", "rest": "https://data.minorplanetcenter.net/api/", "formats": [ "MPCORB", "JSON" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Free", "status": "plan", "notes": "Asteroid and comet orbits and designations, the catalog numbers in body UPNs. 5 requests a second.", "phoneSource": "https://mpc-service.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals" }, { "id": "noaa-swpc", "group": "space", "name": "NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center", "agency": "NOAA / National Weather Service", "office": "Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder", "phone": null, "email": null, "download": "https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/products", "rest": "https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/json", "formats": [ "JSON", "Text" ], "update": "Minutes", "cost": "Free (public domain)", "status": "use", "usedIn": "space weather layers", "notes": "Solar wind, Kp and aurora for the space weather layers. No current phone confirmed on SWPC's site; use its feedback form.", "phoneSource": "https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/" }, { "id": "space-track", "group": "space", "name": "Space-Track.org satellite catalog", "agency": "U.S. Space Force, 18th Space Defense Squadron", "office": "Space-Track.org administrators", "phone": null, "email": null, "download": "https://www.space-track.org/", "rest": "https://www.space-track.org/basicspacedata/query/class/gp", "formats": [ "JSON", "XML", "CSV", "TLE" ], "update": "Ongoing", "cost": "Free with an account", "status": "plan", "notes": "The official catalog behind NORAD numbers. Needs a sign-in; links not yet checked from here.", "phoneSource": "https://www.space-track.org/contactus/" } ] }