Welcome to MetroGIS

MetroGIS is an award-winning, regional geographic information systems initiative serving the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minnesota) metropolitan area. It provides a regional forum to promote and facilitate widespread sharing of geospatial data. MetroGIS is a voluntary collaboration of local and regional governments, with partners in state and federal government, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations and businesses.

MetroGIS is a recipient of URISA's Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Award for Enterprise Systems. See the Awards section for more information.

Vision

Mission

MetroGIS exists “to expand stakeholders' capacity to address shared geographic information technology needs and maximize investments in existing resources through widespread collaboration of organizations that serve the Twin Cities metropolitan area”.

Measurable Results

The collaborative community of MetroGIS recognizes the need to achieve measurable results within the following outcome areas: 

• Expanded resource availability through partnering
• More efficient use of resources through reduction of duplicative costs
• More efficient and effective core stakeholder operations
• Enhanced and broadened understanding of the region
• Expanded participation by users, contributors and jurisdictions adjoining the Twin City metropolitan area

Announcements

Randy Johnson, MetroGIS Staff Coordinator, Recognized for Distinguished Service

• Next-Generation MetroGIS Needs Assessment
  
  This project was completed on December 15, 2011. The objective was two-fold: 1) define specific enhancements to existing endorsed regional datasets and 2) test and evaluate on-line collaboration functionality and effectiveness to accomplish broadly supported and definitive actionable improvements to existing regional solutions.  Click on the title above for the final report, next steps approved by the Coordinating Committee, and a chronology of activities during the assessment.

• Measuring Public Value of Geospatial Commons: A MetroGIS Case Study
  
  The final study report was accepted by the federal granting authority on January 12, 2012.  Click on the above link for a summary of the findings and links to the final summary report and detailed summaries of the two component studies.

• Exploring a New Street Centerline Collaborative Model

Applied Geographics (aka AppGeo) headquartered in Boston, MA, is providing lead support for this study. The purpose is to investigate the practicality of a new collaborative regional model for managing street centerline data.

Upcoming Meetings, Forums, and Other Events

Please contact us - we appreciate your comments about MetroGIS.

Terry Schneider, City of Minnetonka, A.M.M., Policy Board Chair
David Bitner, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Coordinating Committee Chair

390 Robert Street North
Saint Paul, MN 55101
fax: 651-602-1674
metrogis-contacts@metc.state.mn.us

MetroGIS Group