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New Imagery Available for West and South Texas Border Region

High resolution aerial imagery are now available for the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) and portions along the Texas/Mexico border. The imagery acquisition was initiated by the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) and expanded to include nine (9) local LRGV cooperating partners: Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Hidalgo County...

Wed, 2012-02-01
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New Lidar Now Available for the Central Texas Region

Additional newly acquired high resolution lidar data collected by Merrick & Company is now available and covers portions of Blanco, Caldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Kendall and Kerr Counties in central Texas. Aerial collection took place from January to March 2011 during the leaf-off season. URS provided third-party quality assurance and...

Mon, 2011-12-12
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New Lidar Now Available for North Central Texas Region

The Texas Natural Resources Information System is pleased to announce the release of newly acquired high resolution lidar data for the Upper Trinity River Basin covering portions of Denton, Collin, Cooke, Grayson and Kaufman Counties in north Texas. Aerial collection took place from January to March 2011 during the leaf-off season. Merrick...

Wed, 2011-11-23
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State of Texas Geographic Data Coordination Meeting

The meeting notes from the most recent State and Federal agency geographic data coordination meeting are available as a PDF attachment. Comments and questions are always welcome by visiting our CONTACT US page.

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 2:30 p.m. The intent of these meetings is to promote geographic data...

Fri, 2011-08-05
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High Water Marks for Texas

TNRIS' Floodplain Mapping Group has established an email address (highwatermarks@tnris.org) for people to send pictures, text and regular email to update the current inventory of high water marks in Texas. A high water mark is the line left by extreme high flows or levels of water from floods. These...

Wed, 2011-07-27
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TNRIS begins development on the next version of GEMSS

The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has awarded the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant to continue development on the next version of the Geospatial Emergency Management Support System (GEMSS). The HMGP funding was made available following Hurricane Ike which hit...

Wed, 2011-03-30
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FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) provides grants to state and local government groups to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures. HMGP funding was made available following Hurricane Ike which hit the Texas coast in 2009 causing environmental, economic and social damage to the area.

Tue, 2011-03-22
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2010 1-meter Orthoimagery Now Available

The USDA Farm Services Agency National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), with contribution from the State of Texas, acquired 1-meter multi spectral orthoimagery covering the entire state. Aerial image flights began mid-April 2008 and continued throughout the agricultural growing season in September. The imagery supports USDA crop programs and...

Tue, 2010-12-21
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2008-2009 Statewide 0.5m Orthoimagery Now Available

The 2008-2009 Texas Orthoimagery Program (TOP) procured enhanced image products in the form of 50cm (0.5-meter) Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quads (DOQQs) from the 2008 USDA-FSA National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) and 2009 TOP aerial...

Tue, 2010-04-20
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Statewide Orthoimagery Status Map
2008-2009 Statewide 1m Orthoimagery Now Available

Phase II delivery of 41 East Texas counties acquired in January 2009 completes statewide coverage of 1-meter JPEG2000 Compressed County Mosaics (CCMs). Phase I, through the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP), allowed the state to...

Fri, 2010-04-09
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GEMSS is Featured in Microsoft Case Study

Since its inception, TNRIS has played an important role in the emergency management of events such as the Space Shuttle Columbia incident in 2003 and Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005. In the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, TNRIS was awarded a grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a statewide Hurricane Rita data...

Thu, 2010-03-25
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Southeast Texas 13-County Aerial Imagery Acquisition

The Texas Forest Service (TFS), TNRIS, and the USGS partnered to acquire a much needed aerial image dataset of 13 counties in Southeast Texas. The cost-shared digital photography were acquired in February 2008 during leaf-off conditions. Most deciduous trees and shrubs in Texas lose their leaves in the winter while evergreen species retain...

Thu, 2010-02-04
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