Community Geographic Information Systems

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Map showing the counties that border the Canon River Watershed including Le Sueur, Rice, Waseco, and Steele.

Gorman Lake Park and Dodd Road in Le Sueur County under water.

Turning the Tide on Flooding in the Cannon River Watershed is a spring 2026 project with the Cannon River Watershed Joint Powers Organization and Southeast Minnesota Regional Sustainable…

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Map of Minnesota outlining counties in various shades of green and yellow.
This is a multi-year partnership with the State of Minnesota's Deptartment of Commerce and the Humphrey School's program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP). We have developed a series of maps and dashboards highlighting home…
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Screenshot of a map of the Lower 48 Showing Urban/Town Mix Counties vs Rural/Town Mix Counties.

 

The Census Bureau and American Community Survey (ACS) have been under attack from Congress and the White House for over a decade. Response rates (to this mandatory survey of population) are declining, funding for these critical programs are…

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mapping voter turnout

 

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It’s National Voter Registration Day and Get Out the Vote Season! Join the Minnesota Census and Democracy Partnership to learn about two new mapping tools. Utilizing data showing voter turnout by precinct along with…

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GIS Mapping Graphic with floating globes and graphical flourishes

On August 21, unlock the power of location-based data and access affordable geospatial tools at the Community Mapping Expo for Minnesota Nonprofits.

Attendees will explore a range of mapping resources, including the Minnesota Geospatial Commons. This…

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Map of southern minnesota

CURA's Community Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) program and the Resilient Communities Project (RCP) are partnering with the Institute for Advanced Study, U-Spatial, University of Minnesota Libraries, and DASH to present this year's “Thinking Spatially Symposium:…

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Various people side by side

We are again sharing a statement from CURA Director Ed Goetz on the murder of George Floyd at the top of this message. The fundamental issues of justice that Mr. Floyd’s murder surfaces for our community and for the entire nation dominate our conversations about what…

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2020 Census response rate map for Minneapolis
2020 Census response rate map for Minneapolis

CURA’s Community GIS team created this map of Census 2020 return rates in Minneapolis and is updating it regularly through the 2020 collection period. Here is a St. Paul Census 2020 return rate map.

Click on an area to…