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About the Atlas

 

The Big Sky Carbon Atlas is an online geoportal designed for you to discover, interpret, and access geospatial data and maps relevant to decision support and education on carbon sequestration in the Big Sky Region. In serving as the public face of the Partnership’s spatial Data Libraries, the Atlas provides a gateway to geographic information characterizing CO2 sources, potential geologic sinks, terrestrial carbon fluxes, civil and energy infrastructure, energy use, and related themes.

 

In addition to directly serving the BSCSP and its stakeholders, the Atlas feeds regional data to the NatCarb Portal, contributing to a national perspective on carbon sequestration.

Established components of the Atlas include:

  • A Gallery of thematic maps. While regional maps currently predominate, localized and project-level maps will take precedence as the Partnership enters Phase III.
  • An Interactive Map enabling dynamic, browser-based exploration of Partnership data

Upcoming capabilities include:

  • Distributed mapping through published GIS services
  • Data and metadata downloads provided either via the Interactive Map or our Data Resources page

The Carbon Atlas and Data Libraries are being developed and maintained by the Big Sky Institute (BSI) and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node (MPIN). A work-in-progress, the Atlas is subject to iterative modification which may periodically affect user access. Please contact us with any questions or feedback.

 

 

 

What is GIS?

 

GIS in the Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership