For the past year DTM Consulting has been working closely with the Missoula County Community and Planning Services department to create an interactive, web-based atlas of critical GIS data sets.  The resulting PLACE Atlas (Practical Landscape Assessment for Conservation and Enhancement) presents key conservation and resource information to assist residents and planners to make educated land-use decisions. DTM relied on […]

It’s not very often that we get to work on a project that is as collaborative, technically challenging, and high-visibility as this one. In 2011 DTM started working with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust in Bozeman to revamp their pocket-sized parks and trails map. The goal was to combine the locations of trails, parks, playgrounds, landmarks, and conservation easements with a […]

The Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) recently released their 2011 annual report that featured our publication-quality cartography in a two-page spread. This map leveraged existing base datasets for the roads, rivers and boundaries, but required a custom color ramp and hillshade background to match the client’s requested color palette. DTM was provided a list of MCC project sites that were geolocated […]

This article was published in the August 17, 2010 Billings Gazette.  It highlights work performed by DTM and Applied Geomorphology where we developed Channel Migration Zone maps for the entire Yellowstone River. “Yellowstone River channel migration maps available to help with planning” Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_b7f74e28-aa5d-11df-979d-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1jMn8nzuY

The US Department of Agriculture has released natural color, 1-meter resolution imagery for the state of Montana.  The imagery was acquired during the summer of 2011 through a partnership of federal and state agencies.  Previous statewide NAIP products were created in 2009 and 2005.  The NAIP imagery will find many uses in our work, especially river studies that require up-to-date […]

Bryan worked with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust and the Trust for Public Land to develop a map for the new Chestnut Mountain Trail east of Bozeman. The map extends south and west to the New World Gulch area, as well as east to the Goose Creek drainage. Dark red trails, muted land ownership polygons, and a grayscale hillshade with minimal use of contours makes the map easier to read when standing at the trailhead. Enjoy the new trail!