BLM/ Private/ Public online map overlay?

BuckSnort · Mar 16, 2011

Anyone know of a website that has these types of free maps? I'd like it to be able to zoom down to a quad map or so for accuracy..

A overlay for Google Earth would be ideal...Oh, I'd like a CA version but other states would be good to know for later...

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huntinco · Mar 16, 2011

Only in MT will you find all this info in a single place

Justin Richins
R&K Hunting Company Inc.
www.thehuntingcompany.com

jstwnahnt · Mar 16, 2011

I'd start at the forest ranger station thats over the area your looking for.

hank4elk · Mar 16, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Mar-16-11 AT 09:52PM (MST)[p]Publiclands.org (I believe) has all BLM, Forest maps ,and topos that are available. I have most of NM thru them at fraction of cost elsewhere,mailed. There is an add on for Garmin somewhere.My Topo.com will make custom maps after you figure out where you want to go. Del Lorme has a map system in topo for the whole US. FREE? What world do you live in? Goggle has Sat.pics and you can put in GPS co-ords, but I wouldn't trust a goggle map for accuracy.

PleaseDear · Mar 16, 2011

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B_BOP_A_LU_LU · Mar 16, 2011

JUDAS PleaseDear!

2:39 AM?

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never_catch · Mar 16, 2011

3:25am B-Bob...dude do you ever sleep!! lol

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hank4elk · Mar 17, 2011

This is the system I had heard of,looks like I'll have to get a Garmin,won't work with my Magellan. No brainer to have a system like this in NM.

3point2 · Mar 17, 2011

I know some Forest Service sites have downloadable maps. This is a link to the Dixie National Forest (Pauns, Dutton, Panguitch Lake). They have free PDFs of ther Travel Maps and a free Garmin Download. www.fs.usda.gov/goto/dixie/mtp

3p2

UGAhunter · Mar 17, 2011

Idaho has a land ownership option in the Hunt Planner/Map section of their website.

Bullofthewoods · Mar 17, 2011

Don't know that these will work with Google earth but here are a couple links I used to download overlays on my Garmin for free.

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/

http://www.miscjunk.org/mj/mp_main.html

Bounty_Hunter · Apr 3, 2011

Hey Robb/PleaseDear,

I tried the trial for my new Garmin Oregon and I love the features. Having BLM data will be huge when I'm hunting private/public checkerboards for antelope this fall.

Thanks,
BH

WapitiBob · Apr 3, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Apr-03-11 AT 11:26AM (MST)[p]Google Earth is severely limited in what it can open and/or import. Most of the Govt agencies publish .shp files which GE won't open. They are starting to publish KML files but the availability is still sporadic.

While not as easy to use, ArcGis Explorer will open most everything. Many agencies use some form of ESRI software in their GIS departments and ESRI developed ArcGis Explorer.

For your public/pvt overlay, simply Google the national forest gis data and it will pop up a link. That will get you to their GIS page. Scroll down for the "ownership" overlay, download and open the file.

BLM is generally in .shp format.
Google the state BLM GIS, that may or may not get you to a District link, see if they have KML/KMZ available, download it and see if that's what you are after.
I rarely use BLM data and am not well versed with it. They seem to have a lot of different data sets. Knowing which one to get is the key.
This is what the BLM looks like over a topo overlay.

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/7842glgenrock_.jpg

trealtree · Apr 4, 2011

I dont know of one for Cali.

BuckSnort · Apr 4, 2011

Thank y'all for the links and suggestions much appreciated !!

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