Selected GIS Organizations

• Minnesota
• Federal/National
• Professional Associations
   

Minnesota

Policy and Coordination

• Minnesota Geospatial Information Office:  http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us
• MetroGIS:  www.metrogis.org
• Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium:  www.mngislis.org

State Agencies (with GIS emphasis)

• Legislative Coordinating Commission's Geographic Information Services:  www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/gis/index.html
• Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources:  www.bwsr.state.mn.us
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture:  www.mda.state.mn.us
• Minnesota Department of Health:  www.health.state.mn.us
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:  www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/index.html
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management:  www.hsem.state.mn.us
• Minnesota Department of Transportation:  www.dot.state.mn.us
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency:  www.pca.state.mn.us

Other GIS-related Organizations

• GIS at the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities:  http://gis.metc.state.mn.us
• Minnesota County GIS Association:  www.mcgisa.net
• County GIS Contacts:  http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/cty_contacts.html
• GIS User Groups:  www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=17

Partnering Organizations

• Information Technology (IT)
  • Minnesota Counties Computer Cooperative:  http://mnccc.org
  • Minnesota Counties Information Technology Leadership Association:  www.mncitla.org/index.php
• Surveyors
  • Minnesota Association of County Surveyors:  www.macsinfo.us
  • Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors:  www.mnsurveyor.com
• Utilities
  • Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association:  www.mmua.org
  • Minnesota Public Utilities Commission:  www.puc.state.mn.us
• Higher Education
  • Minnesota higher education links:  www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=124

Federal/National

GIS Policy and Coordination

• Federal Geographic Data Committee:  www.fgdc.gov
• National States Geographic Information Council:  www.nsgic.org

Agencies (with GIS emphasis)

• U.S. Census Bureau:  www.census.gov
• U.S. Department of Agriculture:  www.usda.gov
  • National Resources Conservation Service:  www.nrcs.usda.gov
  • U.S. Forest Service:  www.fs.fed.us
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security:  www.dhs.gov
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency:  www.fema.gov
• U.S. Department of Interior:  www.doi.gov
  • National Park Service:  www.nps.gov
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:  www.fws.gov
  • U.S. Geological Survey:  www.usgs.gov
    • Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center:  www.umesc.usgs.gov
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:  www.epa.gov

Professional Associations

• American Congress on Surveying & Mapping:  www.acsm.net
• American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing:  www.asprs.org
• Association of American Geographers:  www.aag.org
• Geospatial Information & Technology Association:  www.gita.org
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association:  www.urisa.org