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Links to Interactive GIS Web Sites

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Michigan Local Governments

State-Wide Mapping Sites

  • Map Michigan

    Map Michigan offers a variety of geographic search options. Information to be displayed ranges from specified addresses, planning a route, street intersections, coordinates, zip codes, points of interest and specialized maps. Points of Interest maps are user-specified features, such as business services, education locations, governmental facilities, travel and recreation locations, and more. Specialized maps consist of items such as schools, boat launches and waterfalls. Click "Identify", then on the map and recieve a list containing the latitude & longitude, the town, range, section, civil division, county, U.S. Congress Representative, State Senator, and State Representative.
  • RS&GIS ArcIMS Viewer

    This GIS viewer contains base map, environmental data, selected utility data, 1998 infrared and 1992 true color aerial photography, USGS topographic maps, and satellite imagery of Michigan. It was designed to serve the needs of the public as well as the MSU community.
  • LandScan (IE 5.0 or higher)

    A digitized collection of aerial photographs for the state of Michigan. Most images are from 1992, with additional coverage in the Lansing area. Images are taken from 35mm color photographs acquired from the Farm Service Agency of the USDA. Each photo covers about 1.5 square miles and centers on an U.S. Public Land Survey section of land. Accessible only using Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
  • Michigan Geographic Data Library

    Serves as the state's repository of digital geographic information. This site currently contains over 60 unique statewide datasets including the state's basemap (MI Geographic Framework), aerial imagery, geology, hydrography, land ownership, topography, and much more. Please visit often as geographic information from across state government will continually be made available and updated through this portal.
Regional / National Sites

  • Federal Land Patent Records Search

    Provides images of documents and transcriptions of information that are the official record of the transfer of federal land into private ownership. It contains more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908. Users can search by name or by Description (state, county, township, range, section).


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Last updated: 01-08-2009

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