Howard County Maryland Data Download and Viewer

Welcome to the Howard County, Maryland data download and viewer page. This page contains a growing repository of information provided by various county departments for use by the general public. For more interactive and static maps, please click on the Map and Data Tools tab

Below are our three primary applications.... For over a dozen additional applications and viewers choose the "Map and Data Tools" tab.

My Neighborhood

Find a Howard County address and view detailed information about it including nearby public facilities.

Click for My Neighborhood

Interactive Map

Load and overlay different county datasets on an interactive map. For more advanced users.

Click for Interactive Map

Map Gallery

View general-purpose PDF maps generated by various county agencies for easy printing.

Click for Map Gallery

Please type in a keyword to find desired datasets faster:

The following tools were designed to help citizens navigate the county's datasets interactively.

DPZNotify

Sign up with DPZNotify to receive notifications via email on pre-submission meetings, capital budget hearings at Planning Board, and other planning-related initiatives. This tool also provides address list generator functionality allowing users to draw a shape or create a buffer to generate a list of addresses within the drawn shape or buffer.

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Age Restricted Housing

This site offers an easy way to view all age-restricted housing developments in Howard County. It indicates whether the housing is rental or ownership as well as the type of housing and number of units.

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Aerial Photography Map Viewer

View historic and current aerial photography from 1943 to the present in this easy to use application.

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Columbia - Final Development Plans

View and download Final Development Plans (FDP) for Columbia New Town Zoning.

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Construction Projects Map

Displays current and archived construction project sites and related information including press releases, contacts, and images. Projects are maintained by the Department of Public Works and Recreation and Parks.

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EC Safe and Sound - Debris Removal Map

This Interactive Map displays live debris removal efforts after major storm events. After a weather event, county contractors and DPW staff inspect and remove debris from 56 critical waterway sites to promote waterflow. The application shows live and past events including debris type removed and photos of the inspection sites.

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Development Plans + Public Meetings Map

Find public meetings or view current and past development plans near a specific address on a Google map. Download plan documents and contact relevant planners and engineers.

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Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Information

View flood insurance related items on this interactive map. It includes: flood zones and flood related depths, elevation of buildings or properties to Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), historic FIRMs, county regulated floodplain, and locations and document links to elevation certificates.

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Food Scrap Collection Signup

Use this interactive map to determine if your residence is eligible for food scrap collection. Eligible residences may signup through this form. Non eligible, those residences not in the current food scrap collection zone, may complete a form to be contacted if the program is expanded to their area.

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Geodetic Survey Control Map

Find Geodetic Benchmarks and Stations around Howard County. View linked scanned recovery cards for more detail and relevant coordinate information.

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Green Map

This Live Green Howard interactive map includes Environmental Organizations, Farms, Green Businesses, Green Schools, Green Technology, Historic/Cultural Sites, LEED Buildings, Park/Natrual Areas, Waste/Recycling and Bus Stops and Routes.

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Green Infrastructure Map

Green Infrastructure is an interconnected network of: waterways, wetlands, woodlands, wildlife habitats...

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Historic Sites Viewer

View historic sites and districts and download related documentation.

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HoCo Donation Collection

This interactive map displays the locations and a list of donation collection sites. Site information includes the hours of operation, needed items, and description of drop-off location on site.

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HoCo Farms Connect

This interactive map displays the locations and a list of farms or farmers markets that sell directly to the public. Farm information includes type of products, hours of operation, description, and delivery and pickup options. It includes a link for farms to register their establishment and get it on the map.

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HoCo Food Go

This interactive map displays the locations and a list of restaurants that have takeout and delivery options. Restaurant information includes type, hours of operation, description, dietery options and other searchable info. It includes a link for restaurants to register their establishment and get it on the map.

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Howard County Government Campus Arboretum

A wonderful assortment of trees has been planted around this complex of county office buildings. The interactive map will help you locate and identify these trees and retrieve more information.

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Map Gallery

View general-purpose PDF maps generated by various county agencies.

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Map Gallery Bin

The Map Gallery Bin was created as respository for custom maps created by various county agencies for particular projects. It contains a dynamic search to help filter through the maps you want.

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My Neighborhood

Find an Howard County address and view detailed information about it including nearby public facilities. Also, view the address and related information on a Google map.

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HoCo Parks

Find parks and view detailed park maps. Search for nearest parks and park ammentities nearest to your device's location. Get driving directions and much more.

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Preservation Easements

Find Preservation easements througout Howard County. Easements include various Agricultural, Environmental, Preservation, and Historic easements and trusts.

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Voter Information Map

This Google Map application lets you key in an address and return the relevant polling location as well as driving directions to that polling location.

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OpenHoward Web Services

Socrata Web Services

To access the Socrata API documentation, click below:

Link to SODA documentation

GIS Web Services

Howard County publishes about 180 datasets as both WMS (Web Map Service) and WFS (Web Feature Service) layers for use on its own websites and for use by the general public. These web services are used by the county in many of the websites listed on the "Map and Data Tools" tab as well as the interactive map on the "Welcome" tab.

Web Map Services

A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database. The specification was developed and first published by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 1999. (Source: Wikipedia)

WMS Service Link WMS Capabilities Document

Web Feature Services

The Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS) Interface Standard provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls. (Source: Wikipedia)

WFS Service Link WFS Capabilities Document

GIS Support Web Services

These web services are .NET-based .asmx web services that power some of our interactive mapping applications. They include the following:

Generate List of Streets
Generate Street Intersections
Query ADC Map Grid
Query Address Points
Query Property by Map/Parcel/Lot
Query Property by Plat Number
Query Property by Tax ID
Query Scanned Drawings By Name
Query Scanned Drawings By Number

Data Explorer Service Link

Howard County maintains strong data sharing relationships with surrounding local jurisdictions as well as the state and Federal government. These are data access resources provided by other government agencies and non profit organizations that might be helpful and/or supplemental to the data provided on this website.

Local County/Municipal Resources

Maryland Resources

Federal Resources

Data.Gov
Ramona GIS Inventory - RAMONA tracks data availability and the status of geographic information system (GIS) implementations in state and local governments to aid the planning and building of Spatial Data Infrastructures. This is the primary location to locate more complete metadata about Howard County's GIS layers as well as metadata for state and federal GIS layers.

Other Organizations

Code For America- Code for America helps governments become more transparent, connected, and efficient by connecting web developers with people who deliver city services, and through that process, we are growing the corp of tech-savvy citizens working to better our communities.
Sunlight Foundation - The Sunlight Foundation is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency, and provides new tools and resources for media and citizens, alike.