User Guides and Documentation
User Guidance
Guidance for Creating Basin–Wide Projects in the MIP (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Guidance for Creating Physical Map Revision (PMR) Projects in the MIP (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Revised Preliminary Guidance for MIP Case Numbered Projects - Mapping Partner Responsibilities (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
MIP Studies Workflow Diagram with Roles (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
MIP Revisions Workflow Diagram with Roles (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
MIP Amendments Workflow Diagram with Roles (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
DFIRM Verification Tool Topology Verifications (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Six Automated Checks Training Slides (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Additional Guidance for Six Automated Checks Error Resolution (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Entering Leverage Information in the MIP (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
DFIRM Verification Check Standard January 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
DFIRM Upload Guidance December 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
DFIRM Panel Review: Description of Six Automated QC Checks (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Finalizing Cost and Schedule Information on MDD Tasks, March 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
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Recent and Upcoming Service Packs
SP21 PALT Fact Sheet January 2010 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP20 DVT Fact Sheet December 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP20 DVT FAQs December 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP19 Fact Sheet October 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
MARS Fact Sheet October 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Sequencing Fact Sheet October 2009 Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP 18 Fact Sheet August 2009 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
Upcoming Service Packs and Scheduled Downtimes (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP 16c Overview December 2008 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP 15 Overview May 2008 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
MARS Overview April 2008 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP 14 Emergency Service Packs January 2008 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
SP 14 Release Overview December 2007 (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
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Studies Users Open Conference Call Issues and Responses
2013
January (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2012
September (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
July (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
March (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
January (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2011
September (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
July (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
March (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
January (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2010
October (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
August (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
March (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
January (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2009
September (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
July (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
May (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
March (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2008
November (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
October (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
September (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
August (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
July (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
June (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
May (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
April (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
March (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
February (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
2007
December (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
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MIP Help Escalation Plan
MIP Help Escalation Plan (Adobe PDF, Text Equivalent)
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eLOMA Desktop Reference
The eLOMA training is intended to familiarize the user with the screens in the eLOMA tool. It also provides instruction on the requirements
and formatting for data entered in certain fields.
eLOMA Desktop Reference
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DFIRM Tools Decommissioning Template Information
The DFIRM Template provides mapping partners with six generic map layouts that can be used with ArcGIS as a starting point to create a DFIRM. These templates are in three different scales for both DOQ and vector base map types. Also included are sample style files that provide the mapping partners a set of FEMA-compliant symbols for features that are shown on the DFIRM and the Label-EZ font file.
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DFIRM Production Tools
The DFIRM Tools were decommissioned on July 31, 2010. For more information on the decommissioning please, see the Frequently Asked Questions below.
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User Access To Engineering Tools
New Users please complete the appropriate areas of the request sheet below to add users to the production environment and submit to your Regional
Service Center (RSC) contact for processing. Please contact the MIP Help Desk to schedule a meeting or phone call to guide you through setting
up your production team in this environment once you have received your account information.
User Access To Engineering Tools Request Form for Citrix and Directory Access (Word Document, Adobe PDF, Online Form)
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Geospatial Coordination Reports
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares biannual Geospatial Coordination Reports that
describe the status of Map Modernization's geospatial data coordination at the Regional level in terms of the status of geospatial data
investment leverage, and to provide information on where FEMA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and other Federal agencies
might have mutually beneficial data sets or planned data collection activities to facilitate data sharing or cost sharing.
Geospatial Coordination Report
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Federal Mapping Program Factsheets
Federal Mapping Program Factsheets
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Metadata Profiles
Metadata Profiles
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Personal Geodatabase Template
The following is a template personal geodatabase for your reference. You will need to set the spatial reference for the dataset, load the data into the appropriate feature classes and tables, and validate the topology.
Personal Geodatabase Template (ZIP)
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Regional Service Center (RSC) Contact List
A list of Regional Service Center contacts can be found below:
RSC Contact List (
