Center for GIS

Projects

	The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) Office of Engineering and Construction Management The Center for GIS at Towson University (CGIS) is assisting the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) Office of Engineering and Construction Management with establishing an Airport Engineering Information System (AEIS) that is expected to be fully operational by 2011. The GIS-based platform will provide MAA with agency-wide access to GIS data and scanned engineering documents. project sheet
	Maryland’s Participation in the USGS The ‘National Map’ Project The National Map is intended to ensure public access to current, accurate, nationally consistent digital data and topographic maps derived from the data via a seamless, continuously maintained set of public domain geographic base information. Through National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Cooperative Agreement Program grants, and partnerships with the Maryland State Geographic Information Committee, the Center for GIS at Towson University (CGIS) serves as Maryland’s portal to The National Map. project sheet | web site
	Maryland Statewide Addressing Initiative The Maryland State Geographic Information Committee (MSGIC), in cooperation with the Towson University Center for GIS (TU-CGIS) and ESRI, is leading an initiative to coordinate distribution of road centerline address data for the entire State of Maryland. handout
	Wild Rice In 1999 Maryland DNR began promoting expansion of wild rice in the Jug Bay area of the upper Patuxent River. To visually depict the decline and subsequent resurgence of this important native marsh grass species, CGIS mapped stands of wild rice along a seven-mile stretch of the upper Patuxent River between Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties for four different growing seasons. project sheet
	Emergency Management Mapping Application EMMA, the Emergency Management Mapping Application, gives emergency management personnel powerful tools for accessing, analyzing, and collating large volumes of data from static and real-time sources into an intelligent map—a common operating picture. project sheet | white paper
	Maryland Shorelines Online Maryland Shorelines Online is a coastal hazards Web portal developed by the Center for GIS at Towson University (CGIS) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Coastal Zone Management unit to centralize information and data about shoreline and coastal hazards management in Maryland. project sheet | web site
	Sex Offender Registry The Center for GIS at Towson University (CGIS) worked with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to increase the utility of the registry by adding a mapping component. The resulting application is a publicly available map-enabled Web site that offers access to several userfriendly Internet mapping tools. Individuals can easily find out if anyone convicted of sexual offenses lives in close proximity to their home, shopping, school, or work communities. project sheet | web site
	Maryland Department of Transportation Online Mapping Application for the Office of Real Estate The Center for GIS at Towson University (CGIS) developed and hosts an interactive marketing application to help a modal within the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) dispose of publicly owned property through private sale and redevelopment. The MDOT Office of Real Estate promotes development around ports and transit stations, develops special economic development projects, and disposes of excess real estate owned by the department. project sheet | web site

Division of Economic and Community Outreach
Center for GIS
Office Location: 7801 York Road , Suite 260

Phone: 410-704-3887
Fax: 410-704-3888
E-mail: cgis@towson.edu

GIS Day was in November! Find out how the Center for GIS is promoting GIS during Geography Awareness Week! View archived CGIS projects here!