Southeast Texas Addressing and Referencing Map
The acronym STAR*Map is the trademarked name for the Southeast Texas Addressing and Referencing Map. Created and maintained by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and the Geographic Data Committee (GDC), STAR*Map is a digital base map and database that covers a multi-county region, including all of Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Liberty, Montgomery, Galveston, Wharton, Waller, Austin, Chambers, Colorado, Matagorda and walker Counties. The STAR*Map data area is provided on a CD (Compact Disk) and ftp site in a digital electronic GIS format known as a shapefile.
STAR*Map was created through a joint cooperative effort of the GDC member organizations, including more than sixty public and private partners. The map includes more than 1.7 million parcel addresses, roadway centerlines, block address information, street names, street types, census geography and many additional feature attributes.
Adopted by a number of local agencies (including City of Houston, TxDOT, Houston Metro and Harris County) as the "official" Harris County base, STAR*Map permits accurate overlay of many types of Geographic Information System (GIS) coverages, such as hydrology, bus routes, parcel-based data, utility data and other features mapped by the user community.
STAR*Map Maintenance Subscription As STAR*Map maintenance subscriber you have access to the most current information. Maintenance covers an entire year, 12 month period. The maintenance fee is an annual fee that goes to provide weekly updates of data.On July 6, 2009, STAR*Map subscribers can receive new updates on a weekly basis by the ArcGIS server replication application.
Price
A single Version/Release/one time copy STARMap is $500 by CD or FTP.
Advance payment required. Purchase Orders, Checks, Visa, and Mastercard accepted.
STAR*Map Sample
You can download the STAR*Map Sample in shapefile format here.
STAR*Map Sample.zip
Ordering
We also accept orders by phone. We can accommodate rush deliveries.