At MVRPC, GIS is one of the key components of its Planning Support System that provides a vital operating function in conducting regional planning activities. Examples of GIS activities include geospatial database construction and management, technical spatial data analysis, and map generation to facilitate a better decision making process. Further, MVRPC’s GIS program provides a leadership role in the Region by coordinating and implementing various GIS activities to share data, information, knowledge, and technical expertise with local governments and the general public. On the sidebar to the left, choose one of the Data and Mapping applications such as Web-TELUS, Traffic Volume Map, Project Evaluation System (PES), and Geo-Spark (Open data and map galleries).
MVRPC is also affiliated with the US Census and is the regional clearinghouse of Census data. MVRPC answers inquiries and provides demographic data to local agencies.