• What is GIS?  What is MassGIS? - An introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Massachusetts Geographic Information System, MassGIS.
   
  
• MassGIS' Legislative Mandate - Full details of the enabling legislation for MassGIS.
  
  
• Services Offered by MassGIS - Details on maps, data CDs, scanning, Global Positioning System (GPS) units, and Coordination and Assistance provided by MassGIS.
   
  
• Contacts/Where to Turn for More Information - Extensive list of GIS contacts at MassGIS and other GIS organizations across the state and New England.
   
  
• Strategic Plan (Updated Sept. 2008) - MassGIS' plan for coordinated GIS and data development in the Commonwealth.
  
  
• Digital Parcel Mapping - Updated March 2007.
   
  
• Massachusetts' Master Service Agreement with ESRI - ESRI and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts signed a Master Service Agreement ("state blanket contract") under which all political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can purchase products and services from ESRI.
  
  
• Massachusetts' Master Service Agreement for GIS Services - MassGIS Guide to GIS Solution Providers on State Master Services Agreement ITS33-IT Solution Providers.
   
  
• Massachusetts Conservation Mapping Assistance Partnership Program (MACMAPP) - A partnership between ESRI and EOEA to provide the latest ArcView GIS software, training, and documentation to conservation nonprofit organizations and municipal conservation commissions.
  
  
• Water Assets and Water Budgets - Follow-up projects to the EOEA Build-out Analyses, focusing on potential future demands for public water supply.
   
  
• GIS Glossary - A Glossary of selected terms relevant to Geographic Information Systems. In .pdf format, viewable in Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Click to view in browser or Right-Click to download the file and save locally. This glossary is a sub-set of one developed by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA).
   
  
• State Agency and Other Abbreviations - A list of abbreviations used on this website and in the MassGIS Data Viewer.
   
  

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