Montana Geographic Information
The Montana State Library (MSL) is at the center of Geographic Information and Coordination in Montana. The MSL provides open access to authoritative geospatial data and applications that inform and empower all Montanans. The MSL meets these mandates through coordination, development, policy, collection, support, distribution, and promotion of Montana Geographic Information and specifically the Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure in Montana and beyond.
Montana Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI)
The MSDI contains fifteen (15) framework geographic data themes vital to Montanans for understanding the State’s expansive and complex geography. Twelve (12) of the Framework Themes are also federally recognized by the Federal Geographic Data Committee through the National Spatial Data Infrastructure's National Geospatial Data Assets (NGDA).
Montana Geospatial Information Advisory Council (MGIAC)
The Montana State Library is advised by the Montana Geospatial Information Advisory Council (MGIAC) on issues related geospatial information, on the priority of geospatial information, including data layers to be developed, on the development and management of the Montana Geospatial Information Act grant process and on the distribution of funds collected in the Montana Geospatial Information Account. The State Library Geographic Information program inherits broad mandates from the Montana Geospatial Information Act (MGIA) and the Natural Resource Information System (NRIS) and Water Information System (WIS) Statute.
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