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Web access to the data of The National Map and Web-based mapping tools that provide data visualization and mapping functionality are essential to making geographic knowledge available. Western Region Geography has regional teams developing interfaces, tools, and databases for regional partnership projects. These regional partnerships add up-to-date, high-resolution data to The National Map. Early partnership projects from the Western Region that helped develop The National Map included the Lake Tahoe Partnership Project, the Washington–Idaho Partnership Project, and the Utah Partnership Project. Recently, we have added the Seattle–Tacoma Partnership Project and Sacramento Area Council of Governments dataset and will be soon adding a high-resolution dataset for the Spokane urban area. Our partners are vital for the success of The National Map. These partnership projects are in addition to other high-resolution coverages being collected throughout the 11 western states of Western Region Geography.

	Lake Tahoe Partnership Project The Lake Tahoe Area Partnership Project was one of the very first pilot projects for The National Map. more...
	Washington-Idaho Partnership Project Strong commercial and cultural ties across the Washington and Idaho State line unite the Washington–Idaho Partnership Project study area. more...
	Utah Partnership Project The Utah Partnership Project is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the State of Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) to test The National Map concept for supporting critical transportation data needed in emergency response, census requirements, and other Federal, State, and local governmental functions for an urban county and a rural county in the State. more...
	Seattle-Tacoma Partnership Project Seattle-Tacoma is one of the nation’s fastest growing areas and is ranked among the nation’s highest priority urban areas in terms of homeland security needs. more...
	Sacramento Council of Governments dataset The National Map implementation for the Sacramento urban area, which was officially made public in February 2004, focuses on the urban-area footprint as defined for homeland security interests, but will expand over time to contain the full six-county area within the Sacramento Council of Governments' (SACOG) purview. more...
	Spokane Urban Area What began as one of the original The National Map Pilot projects has developed into a highly successful collaboration between the USGS; Spokane, Pend Oreille, Kootenai, and Bonner Counties; Coeur d'Alene Tribe, University of Idaho, U.S. Forest Service, Avista Energy Corporation, and DigitalAnno Corporation. more...