Colorado

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V・T・E Colorado, United States

latitude: 39.028, longitude: -105.546

Browse map of Colorado 39°01′40.80″ N, 105°32′45.60″ W

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Colorado is a state in the United States at latitude 39°01′40.80″ North, longitude 105°32′45.60″ West.

Community

Events

The OSM community in Colorado uses Meetup.com to organize and announce events, visit OSM-Colorado for details and/or to join.

Regional MeetUps include:

• Maptime Boulder
• Maptime MileHigh
• Northern Colorado GIS Professionals Group
• OSM-Western Slope
• GeoSpatial Amateurs

Mailing list

There is a mailing list for discussing US-specific issues. It is a great best place to find other US mappers.

Slack

There is a #colorado channel on OSM-US Slack.

Disaster mapping

2013 Colorado Incidents: 2013 Colorado Floods and 2013 Colorado Wildfire Season

Highway Classification

Draft guidance for highway classification is underway at Colorado/Highway Classification.

Rail

Try Colorado/Railroads.

Cities

• Aspen
• Arvada
• Aurora
• Boulder
• Colorado Springs
• Denver
• Eagle
• Fort Collins
• Grand Junction
• Greeley
• Longmont
• Montrose
• Monument
• Pueblo
• Rifle
• Winter Park

Power network

Major Power Infrastructure (Nov 2021)

Imagery

Bing has high resolution imagery of the Denver area but it is at least 5 years old so beware.

USGS

This is the capabilities URL for USGS in Colorado. It has layers listed for Colorado Springs, Denver and Fort Collins:

http://imsortho.cr.usgs.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/USGS_EDC_Ortho_Colorado?REQUEST=capabilities&SERVICE=WMS

The most recent USGS imagery for Denver is 0.6m and captured in 2008. It is split into two strips. Most of the city is covered by the western strip.

• Eastern Denver: http://imsortho.cr.usgs.gov:80/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/USGS_EDC_Ortho_Colorado?FORMAT=image/jpeg&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&Layers=DenverCO_0.6m_Color_Mar_2008_01&
• Western Denver: http://imsortho.cr.usgs.gov:80/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/USGS_EDC_Ortho_Colorado?FORMAT=image/jpeg&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&Layers=DenverCO_0.6m_Color_Mar_2008_02&

Potential data sources

This section lists the entities, whether government, commercial, or otherwise, that have GIS related information that might be beneficial for inclusion to OSM. Each entry can be expounded upon as to data worthiness (i.e. crime statistics vs. usable shapefiles, vs. etc.), potential licensing issues, and other useful information.

State of Colorado

• http://www.oit.state.co.us/
• http://www.oit.state.co.us/strategy/gis
• OpenColorado
• Colorado GeoData Cache
• RTD Regional Transportation District
• https://data.colorado.gov
• http://data.opencolorado.org/

County of Adams

• http://www.co.adams.co.us/index.aspx?nid=417
• City of Arvada (license terms unclear, see here)
• City of Aurora
• City of Brighton
• City of Commerce City
• City of Federal Heights
• City of Thorton
• City of Westminster (references opencolorado.org)

County of Arapahoe

• http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/index.aspx?NID=882
• City of Centennial

County of Archuleta

• http://www.archuletacounty.org/index.aspx?nid=504

County of Boulder

• http://www.bouldercounty.org/gov/data/pages/gisdldata.aspx (data licensed as CC0)
• City of Boulder (data licensed as CC0)
• City of Longmont

City and County of Broomfield

• http://www.broomfield.org/index.aspx?nid=1761

County of Clear Creek

• http://www.co.clear-creek.co.us/index.aspx?nid=240

County of Delta

• http://www.deltacounty.com/13/GIS-and-Mapping

City and County of Denver

• Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)

The Denver Regional Council of Governments has offered to make available infrastructure data for the Denver region to the OSM community. More details about this are described in the Denver Planimetrics Import wiki page.

• http://data.denvergov.org/
• http://data.denvergov.org/termsofuse (CC BY 3.0)

County of Douglas

• http://www.douglas.co.us/government/departments/gis/data-products/
• Town of Caslte Rock

County of Eagle

• http://www.eaglecounty.us/GIS/
• Town of Vail

County of El Paso

• http://adm.elpasoco.com/InformationTechnologies/GeographicInformationSystems/Pages/default.aspx
• City of Colorado Springs
• Town of Monument

County of Garfield

• http://www.garfield-county.com/geographic-information-systems/download-gis-data.aspx

County of Gilpin

• City of Blackhawk
• City of Central City

County of Grand

• http://www.co.grand.co.us/276/Mapping-GIS

County of Gunnison

• http://www.gunnisoncounty.org/324/Downloadable-Datasets

County of Huerfano

• http://www.huerfano.us/Geographic_Inform_Syste.php

County of Jefferson

• http://jeffco.us/services/online-services/maps-and-gis-products-catalog/
• City of Golden
• City of Lakewood
• City of Wheat Ridge

County of La Plata

• http://co.laplata.co.us/departments_officials/information_technology/gis

County of Larimer

• http://www.co.larimer.co.us/gis/digital-data.cfm
• City of Fort Collins
• City of Loveland
• Town of Berthoud
• Town of Wellington

County of Las Animas

• City of Trinidad

County of Mesa

• http://gis.mesacounty.us/ (for permissions, see https://emap.mesacounty.us/Blog/downloading-mesa-county-ortho-photography/)
• City of Grand Junction

County of Moffat

• https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/moffatcounty/mapping-and-gis-information

County of Montezuma

• [http://www.cityofcortez.com/index.aspx?nid=214 City of Cortez

County of Montrose

• http://www.montrosecounty.net/103/Mapping-GIS
• City of Montrose

County of Morgan

• http://www.co.morgan.co.us/departments.html

County of Ouray

• http://www.ouraycountyco.gov/146/GIS-Geographic-Information-Systems-IT
• City of Ouray

County of Park

• http://www.parkco.us/index.aspx?nid=80

County of Pitkin

• http://pitkincounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/
• City of Aspen

County of Pueblo

• http://county.pueblo.org/government/county/department/edgis
• City of Pueblo

County of Rio Blanco

• http://www.rbc.us/departments/gis

County of Routt

• http://www.co.routt.co.us/index.aspx?nid=172
• City of Steamboat Springs

County of San Juan

• City of Silverton

County of San Miguel

• http://www.sanmiguelcounty.org/185/MappingGIS

County of Summit

• http://www.co.summit.co.us/index.aspx?nid=251 (requires license?)

County of Weld

• http://www.co.weld.co.us/Departments/GIS/GISData.html (requires license?)
• City of Greeley
• Town of Windsor

County of Yuma

• http://www.yumacounty.net/gis.html