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For release: April 28, 2014

Contact: Gary Swenson, Hennepin County GIS, 612-543-0797 
Meg Knodl, Public Affairs, 612-348-3735

News release

GIS data sets now available

Hennepin County has made GIS (geographic information systems) data sets openly accessible to the public. 

“Open access to the GIS data sets shows Hennepin County’s commitment to transparency,” said Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin. “I look forward to seeing how the community leverages this data to build apps and find creative solutions.”

The first nine data sets are available for free public use through the County’s website beginning April 28, and include:

• taxable parcels
• address points
• the county boundary
• street centerlines
• street aliases
• aerial imagery
• municipal boundaries
• commissioner district boundaries
• topographic contours

The County Board of Commissioners adopted resolution 14-0036 to make the data available on February 11, 2014. 

 Visit www.hennepin.us/gisopendata for more information.

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