The Puget Sound Partnership uses geographic information, geographic information systems (GIS) and geographic information science in its mission to help protect and restore Puget Sound.
The applications of geographic information are most often associated with maps. A map, however, is only one way to work with geographic data, and only one type of product generated. GIS and geographic information science are designed to solve problems and work interactively rather than display information in a static manner. Besides maps, the other types of geographic information tools are databases and models.
With GIS, you can combine the location information found in raw geographic data with environmental, biological, social or other processes occurring in that geography or neighboring geographies. This is can be very powerful in identifying complex relationships or interactions in the form of patterns that may be affecting Puget Sound health.This page will be updated with maps, datasets and other geographic information and projects as the Partnership more fully explores the GIS function.
Meanwhile, please explore:
- The Department of Ecology GIS page
- Washington Coastal Atlas interactive digital mapping site
- EPA Region 10 map library
- Puget Sound Regional Council geographic data
 Puget Sound Basin. Click to see larger version. |
 Puget Sound's major river systems. Click to see larger version. |