Texas Natural Resources Information System

Geographic Data Clearinghouse for Texas

LiDAR Samples of Gibbons Creek Reservoir

These images were collected at 4 points/sq meter and cover Gibbons Creek Reservoir in Grimes County Texas.

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Image 1 shows vegetation below the dam colored by height.

Image 2 combines aerial imagery with LiDAR resulting in a 3D effect

Image 3 simulates areas of increased water surface area due to a rise in lake level

Image 4 is a nadir view combining LiDAR heights with aerial imagery

The Gentlemen Leading Manor Labs

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Phil Tate, City Manager (left) and Dustin Haisler, Assistant City Manager and CIO are setting the pace in citizen-centric open government and use of social media for community engagement Last week they were featured in the Wall Street Journal for their work.

TNRIS visited Manor after hearing Dustin's SXSW-interactive panel presentation on "City as a Platform". We discussed how geographic information systems (GIS) data and services at the State of Texas can be accessed by local communities. 

Accessing GIS data is currently the leading request by citizens in Manor. Citizens want to be able to see city maps published in "open standard" format such as Google Earth kmz's.

Go to http://www.manorlabs.org to learn more and see firsthand how Manor Texas is combining game theory, web platform technology and social media to connect and respond to it's community

You can also keep up with Manor on Twitter @manorlabs

 

Master Globe Maker Todd Ulrich

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Had the pleasure of meeting Todd Ulrich at the East Texas GIS conference in Nacodoches, Texas.

Todd has built many high profile globes for events and venues around the world including the Olympics and recently installed a large globe at Government Canyon State Natural Area in Texas. You will find him at http://realworldfx.com

A TNRIS Blog about our new TNRIS Blog!

Over the past year, there has been a lot of activity at TNRIS. We have received all 2008 and 2009 half meter aerial imagery for the entire state of Texas, both natural color and CIR, aquired new LiDAR datasets, launched the new GEMSS interactive mapping system, implemented the High Priority Imagery and Data Sets (HPIDS) contract process, and had a very successful forum in 2009, just to name a few.

To better keep our users informed about all TNRIS activities, we are very pleased to announce that we will now be blogging about all our activities and sharing some of the behind-the-scenes information that may be beneficial to you.  We also highly encourage your comments on any of our posts and we will use them in a very constructive manner.

There are many exciting things developing in 2010 and we look forward to sharing them with you so please stay tuned!
-Richard Wade