Geographic Information System (GIS)

• State Strategic GIS Plan
• Business Plan for a GIS Coordinator

The GIS program at the Office of Energy and Planning has two main functions. First, the program provides mapping support and geographic analysis to other programs in the office. Second, the program develops particular geographic data layers for the statewide GRANIT project and provides guidance to GRANIT through its position as coordinator of the statewide GIS Advisory Committee.

For a large selection of GIS data for New Hampshire, please visit the GRANIT Web site. Substantial amounts of data are now available for direct download.

The following GRANIT-affiliated Web sites provide interactive mapping (within your Web browser) of New Hampshire data:

• The GRANIT Conservation Lands Viewer and the Cell Tower Mapper have been replaced by the GRANIT Data Mapper, a Web site that displays a number of different data themes. To display cell towers, click on the "visible" box next to "Utilities & Telecommunications" in the Layer Menu on the right side of the page, then click the yellow "Apply" button at the bottom right. For conservation lands, choose "Land Conservation" from the "Select a Theme" dropdown box in the upper right part of the page, then use the zoom in tool to allow the Conservation Lands layer to appear.

The following maps have been prepared at the Office of Energy and Planning using GRANIT data. Feel free to download them for viewing or printing. All maps are in PDF format.

• Land Area Figures for New Hampshire Cities and Towns - in Acres and Square Miles (NH GRANIT/USGS)
• New Hampshire towns (8 1/2 by 11 inch version)
• New Hampshire towns and counties (11 by 17 version)
• New Hampshire towns and counties (24 by 36 inch version most popular!)
• Regional planning commission boundaries
• Political district boundaries
  • US House of Representatives
  • New Hampshire Senate
  • New Hampshire House of Representatives
  • New Hampshire Executive Council
• New Hampshire Population by town, 2000 Census
• 2000 Census tract maps
• Status of municipal zoning regulations by town, 2004
• Fourth-order streams subject to NH Shoreland Protection Act (new map being created)
• Bicycle Route Maps (NH DOT Bike/Ped Info Center)
• Coastal Zone Map
• DES OneStop Web Geographic Information System
• NH.Gov Online Maps Page
• Map of OEP in Concord
• The geographic center of New Hampshire is located at a point in New Hampton at 43 Deg. 40 Min. 45.3 Sec. North Latitude and -71 Deg. 34 Min. 49.35 Sec. West Longitude (UTM 19 291997E 4839285N). [Google map]
• Population center of NH as it has migrated from 1950 until 2000
• New Hampshire Wireless Communications Towers Map (To display cell towers, click on the "visible" box next to "Utilities & Telecommunications" in the Layer Menu on the right side of the page, then click the yellow "Apply" button at the bottom right.)
• New Hampshire's boundaries
  • NH - Quebec: 58.4 miles
  • NH - Maine: 177.2 miles (from Canada to the mouth of the Piscataqua River; ocean mileage not calculated)
  • NH - Massachusetts: 93.7 miles (again, not calculated in the ocean)
  • NH - Vermont: 251.0 miles

Links to Census Maps (All maps are in Adobe Acrobat Reader format)

Users Note: The Urbanized Area, Block, and Voting District Maps all contain an index map. The index map is at the top of the list with a file name ending in "000".

• Boston Urbanized Area Maps - Urbanized Area Outline Maps for the Boston Urbanized Area (includes New Hampshire)
• Urban Clusters - Urban Cluster Outline Maps for every Urban Cluster in the U.S.
• Census Block Maps - P. L. 94-171 County Block Maps for New Hampshire. After clicking on this link, choose desired county. You will see a list of Adobe Acrobat Reader files, which are maps of the county. Click on file xxxxxx.000.pdf. This will give you an index map of the county, the map index numbers correspond to the last 3 digits of the PDF file list on the previous page. From the index map, click back to the previous page and choose the xxxxx.xxx.PDF file (map) you want.
• Census Voting District Maps - P. L. 94-171 Voting District/State Legislative District Outline Maps for New Hampshire

For more information, contact:

Ken Gallager, Principal Planner
NH Office of Energy & Planning
4 Chenell Drive
Concord, NH 03301-8501
VOICE (603) 271-1773
FAX (603) 271-2615

 Adobe Acrobat Reader format. You can download a free reader from Adobe.