Geographic Information System
(605) 716-3672
Fax: (605) 394-6621
Geographic Information System (GIS)
300 Sixth Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 716-3672 Fax: (605) 394-6621
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Email: gis2@rcgov.org
GIS Data
The Rapid City - Pennington County GIS sells data that has been acquired for internal operations. The Rapid City Council and Pennington County Commission have approved a cost recovery stragegy and set prices for the data. Listed below are prices for the most commonly requested data. Other data are available, but are not listed here. See the complete price list. To request data, please contact the GIS Division at 716-3672.
General data specifications - all data are provided in South Dakota State Plane feet, South Zone (FIPS 4002), NAD83. Media provided are CD-ROMs, DVD or via FTP site.
Orthophotography - see the Rapid City area data grid for file numbers.
| Area | Resolution | Original scale | Date | Format | Unit size | Price / unit |
| Rapid City | 0.5 ft pixel | 1:2,400 | April 2000 & 2008 | .tif or .sid | varies, up to 1 square mile | $75 |
| Rapid City urbanized area |
1.0 ft pixel | 1:4,800 | April 2000 & 2008 | .tif or .sid | varies, up to 4 square miles | $75 |
USGS DOQQs - see the Pennington County data grid for file numbers.
| Area | Resolution | Original scale | Date | Format | Unit size | Price / unit |
| DOQQ | 1 meter pixel | 1:12,000 | varies | .bil with .blw | USGS quarter quadrangle | $20 |
Topography - includes elevation contours and spot elevations (where available). Rapid City area topography is from the 2000 orthophoto project. See the Rapid City area data grid for file numbers. County area topography is from USGS DLGs. Note that the DLG topography is only available for the quadrangles Bend, Box Elder, Hermosa NE, and Hermosa NW and west to the Wyoming border. See the Pennington County data grid for available data and file numbers.
| Area | Resolution | Original scale | Date | Format | Unit size | Price / unit |
| Rapid City | 2 ft contour interval | 1:2,400 | Apr 2000 | .dxf or shapefile | varies, up to 1 square mile | $25 |
| Rapid City urbanized area | 5 ft contour interval | 1:4,800 | Apr 2000 | .dxf or shapefile | varies, up to 4 sqare miles | $25 |
| Pennington County area | varies, 10 ft contour interval to 40 ft | 1:24,000 | varies | .dxf or shapefile | USGS quadrangle | $15 |
Disclaimer
This GIS Data is provided "as is" without warranty of any representation of accuracy, timeliness, or completeness. The burden for determining accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, and fitness for or the appropriateness for use rests solely on the user. Rapid City and Pennington County make no warranties, express or implied, as to the use of the Data. There are no implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The user acknowledges and accepts the limitations of the Data, including the fact that the Data is dynamic and is in a constant state of maintenance, correction, and update.
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