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Michigan Maps and Information
Download maps and information at city, county, and state levels
Groundwater Mapping Project
This online interactive map viewer contains base map features and image backdrops to go along with layers specific to this project. With the viewer users can query well databases, find lat/lon coordinates, find addresses and download spatial data.
Emerald Ash Borer Viewer
Find out how close emerald ash borers are to you.
Michigan GIS Map Viewer
Interactively display GIS data of Michigan
Michigan Statewide Image Mosaics
View Landsat, topographic, and DOQ mosaics (ECW format)

Documents:

Improving Ocean Literacy by Teaching the Geology of the Great Lakes
(PPT, 20.7 mb)
David P. Lusch, Ph.D., GISP
Jaunary, 2008

Improving Ocean Literacy by Teaching the Geology of Lake Huron
(PPT, 14.4 mb)
David P. Lusch, Ph.D., GISP
November 2, 2007

Geology of Lake Huron (PPT, 65.1 mb)
David P. Lusch, Ph.D., GISP
August 11, 2007

Watershed Science - Upper Grand River (PDF, 17.2 mb)
Watershed Management Short Course
David P. Lusch, Ph.D., GISP
March, 2007

Geology of the Great Lakes (PDF, 10.7 mb)
David P. Lusch, Ph.D., GISP
February 6, 2007

2005 Statewide Aerial Imagery Seminar (PDF, 18.8 mb)
This presentation provides valuable information about the history of statewide aerial imagery data, an explanation of why a land use/land cover (LULC) update is needed, a description of the process for transforming the aerial photographs into usable data for relevant parties and a synopsis of the specifications of this new spatial data.


2006 IMAGIN Annual Conference Presentations

You've Got the Orthos, Now What? (PDF, 11.0 mb)
Bob Goodwin

Modeling Socioeconomic Data Sources and Land Use Coefficients to Estimate Impervious Surfaces for Non-Point Source Pollution Watershed Monitoring (PDF, 31.7 mb)
Jessica J. Moy, William D. Hudson, Ruth Kline-Robach, Ashton Shortridge, and Sarah J. AcMoody


2005 IMAGIN Annual Conference Presentations

GPS: What do I need to collect Application Appropriate location data?
(PDF, 1.8 mb)

One Button GIS Site Assessment for Sand Dune Management
(PDF, 3.0 mb)


A Brief Geologic History of the Huron Watershed
(PDF, 4.0 mb)

Groundwater in Michigan
(PDF, 4.0 mb)

Science Basis for Groundwater Protection
(PDF, 11 mb)

Groundwater & Wells for Home Inspectors - With a few words about septic systems
(PDF, 555 kb)

Coordinate Systems in Michigan
(PDF, 1,172 kb)

Comparison of Air Photo and Satellite Image Sources for Updating Land Cover and Land Use Maps
(PDF, 610 kb)

Statewide Mapping of the Water Table Surface
(PDF, 2.9 mb)

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