Welcome to mySCmap!
My South Carolina Map (mySCmap) is a GIS data viewer for South Carolina to allow anyone insterested in data on SC to view data that is avaialbe from participants in the SC Catalog Team.
Who We Are?
We are volunteer government entities from the local to federal level who have signed a MOU to estabilish a GIS data viewer for South Carolina.
Partners include: Aiken County, Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO), City of Columbia, Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Lexington County, State Mapping Advisory Committee (SMAC), University of South Carolina, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and York County.
Minimum Participation
1. Participation is voluntary
2. Entry level is “View-Only. Followed by the distribution options of “Private Use Only” and Public Domain.”
3. You need a WMS map service that complies with at least WMS v1.1.0 of the OpenGIS Consortium’s WMS standard. WMS 1.1.1 is also acceptable. WMS 1.0.0 is not.
4. You need Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata to accompany any data you wish to serve to the MySCmap viewer. Free training and assistance in metadata creation and validation are available upon request, see Metadata Resources.
5. Completed data agreement
6. Contact the MySCmap team to exchange necessary technical information. See list of participants for contact information.
Distribution Options
View Only
Users are directed to provider web sites for licensure, copyright, and instructions on how to obtain the data. A wide array of licensing can be found under this option, as specified by a data owner. This option is generally employed when cost recovery is desired.
Private Use Only
Data are made available for free download, but with a use constraint of "private use only." Use constraints are written to protect the copyright owner’s exclusive rights of reproduction and redistribution. If additional licensing is required, contact information for copyright owner is available within the Identification_Section of the metadata.
Public Domain
Public Domain is defined as information not protected under U.S. copyright law and is publicly available. Digital data may be used by anyone, anywhere in the U.S., anytime without permission, license or royalty payment. FTP access, or another alternative is needed to provide the public with easy access for free downloads.