DATA
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 Appraisal District, Laguna Madre Water District, and the Cities of Alton, Edinburg, McAllen, Pharr, Port Isabel, and San Benito. Tetra Tech, Inc.
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 quality control (QA/QC). The data were funded by the Floodplain Mapping Group in tandem with the Strategic Mapping Program (StratMap) and were procured through the Council on Competitive Government’s High Priority Imagery and Datasets (HPIDS) contract.
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 & Company performed data acquisition/processing with URS providing third-party quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC).
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 awareness in Texas. If you are interested in participating in future teleconferences, please refer to the call-in instructions listed in the meeting notes.
Next meeting - January 3, 2011
Maps & Data Overview
Geographic Information of Texas
TNRIS archives, maintains, and distributes the largest collection of current and historical spatial geographic data sets for the State of Texas. Our collection of maps, photos, documents and other spatial datasets have been acquired over time from multiple sources including state, federal, and local agencies with support and donations from private sources.
About Us
Your Source for Geographic Information of Texas
Uses for Geographic Information
TNRIS was established by the Legislature in 1968 as the Texas Water-Oriented Data Bank. In 1972, after four years of growth and diversification, it was renamed the Texas Natural Resources Information System.
February 7-8
ArcGIS Desktop III: Workflows & Analysis
March 27-28
ArcGIS Desktop I: Getting Started with GIS
May 8-10
ArcGIS Desktop II: Tools & Functionality
July 24-25
ArcGIS Desktop III: Workflows & Analysis
