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Yogamaps - Montana Topo + Public Land 2011 Map

This mapset contains topographic, hydro, road, trail, POI, and public land data for the state of Montana. 

Hydro Data - National Hydrography Dataset (USGS Hi-Res)

Topo Lines - 40ft contour intervals (highest detail level)

Public Land Data - Montana Natural Heritage Program Stewardship layer.

Road Data - Hybrid between Montana Department of Transportation data and Forest Service Road data.

Trail Data - Forest Service + municipal data.  

POI Data - GNIS

 

COMING IN 2012: Bathymetric data (underwater topo lines) for most large lakes and dozens of smaller lakes all accross Montana.

Bathymetric data provided by Montana Fish Wildife and Parks.

UPDATE 07/29/11 - MT Topo - Public Lands 2011

New / Updated Features:

1) Updated public land parcel data (06-29-2011). Normal green forest color given a brighter shade to improve viewing on certain units.

2) Topo lines dissipate quicker as zoom scale increases. Much improved over the Garmin 24K series when zoomed out.

3) Road names for roads other than highways and interstates have been removed.

4) Updated NHD (National Hydrography Dataset) data.

5) 256 color palette for improved color fidelity on older units.

6) Specialized Night Mode colors to maximize viewability while retaining useful landowner colorization scheme.

7) Improved viewability in MapSource/Basecamp

8) Added building footprints for all of Montana (USDA data).  

 

A note on public land coloration: I have had several requests to base landowner colors on the BLM color coding scheme. While this makes sense in many regards the color scheme doesn't work well for many reasons. The biggest reason is that several of the colors used by the BLM make other features on Garmin handhelds difficult to see. Another reason is that the color shades used by the BLM are often too close together for effective seperation in a 256 color pallette which I use for the benefit of older units.  Screen readability and the readability of other features were my first considerations in using the colors I've chosen. Thank you for your feedback.

 

Download Windows Version [421MB] (3930 Downloads)
Download Mac Version [191MB] (363 Downloads)
A note about the MAC version. It hasn't been updated for years and doesn't even have roads. I don't know how to update it, sorry.

New Feature in Version 2011 - Building footprints across the entire state of Montana are clipped from USDA data found here: fsgeodata.fs.fed.us/vector/index.html. The data is found in the "USA Culture Features" geodatabase.

 

 

 

 Download Windows Version [421MB] (3930 Downloads)
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