Other Services
At the core of everything we do is our recreation data and map templates. In addition to our state-wide web maps and apps, Washington Hometown offers many ways for you to use our recreation data to tell your own story.
Print Maps for Tourism & Media
Northwest Portal can create custom printable maps for tourism brochures and publications using our rich recreation data. These maps can link back to the interactive maps allowing people to be inspired and then navigate and learn more about their next adventure.
In addition to tourism print maps, we can do maps for any topic including news stories, history and science presentations.
Unlimited printable maps are free with any of our community/organization packages.
One of 17 maps for the Omak Chronicles 2023 Okanogan & Ferry County ORV Guid
Map for a book of essays on Latin American history. Numbers are the chapter where each location is discussed.
For a limited time only, Northwest Portal will make one free recreation map per month for any newspaper, magazine or blog as long as the map links back to a Northwest Portal web map.
One of a series of maps that were used to illustrate lectures on Columbia River Bassalts by Central Washington Geology Professor Nick Zetner
Data Subscriptions
Use our data on your maps or studies. Start your project with the information you need with one of our affordable data subscriptions.
With Northwest Portal, it is easier than ever to acquire quality recreation data at an affordable price for your maps, apps, and analysis. We offer a rich set of data that includes detailed information for each record. We are constantly improving our data by updating records and adding new places. If you see things that are missing or need to be changed, let us know and we will get the updates posted within a week. There is no need to edit the data yourself.
Instead of dedicating resources to gathering data for your project, we can provide you the data you need. Because we maintain our data to serve multiple purposes, we can offer comprehensive, consolidated data with the attributes you need at a cost far below what it would take an organization to develop and maintain the data themselves and we can deliver a complete data set as soon as payment is received.
The record for every facility, trail and area includes information on where the data came from, who owns/manages the resource, and, in most cases, amenities and facilities, allowed activities, required pass and other information that helps identify how places can be used.
Data can be provided in any standard spatial data format, including shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, GPX, GeoRSS, CSV, and PDF, or as a spreadsheet that includes memo fields that are too long to be on the spatial layers.
The data is provided by subscription and is updated at least twice a month. It is posted to Dropbox so you can download it when you need it.
The data license entitles you to use the data for maps, apps, and analysis for one organization. If you are a contractor doing work for multiple organizations, you must purchase a subscription for each group—but if you subscribe to data for more than one client, you are entitled to a commission on all data sets. You cannot share the raw data or post the data in a format where it can be downloaded.
When purchasing a data subscription, you can select the following:
Geographic extent:
Data is priced by the area. Data can be selected by boundaries (county, watershed, congressional district, etc.), or it can be clipped to a custom boundary.
Attribute format:
Web-optimized format has fields combined for easier presentation in the pop-up box on a web map. For example, all of the elements of the address are combined into a single field with named area, city, or county for places that do not have an address, and hyperlink wrappers are added around fields such as name, photo, and article.
Raw format has the data as it appears in the database.
Specific fields:
You can have all of the fields in the web or raw table or select the specific fields you want included in your output.
Spatial data format:
We currently provide outputs in shapefile, CSV, GeoJSON, GeoRSS, GPX, KML, and PDF formats. You can also subscribe to an output from the database in XLSX format that includes memo fields that cannot be passed through the spatial formats.
Filters:
You select what data you want to see. Data can be filtered by the type of place or by any information about the place. For example, you could filter for trail access, places managed by the National Park Service, or places with horse facilities. The filters can be complex—selecting records that meet multiple criteria.
Data rates:
Data subscriptions start at $250 for non-profit users and $500 for all activities in a city or part of a county.
Non-profit/governments users get a significant discount on the data (50%+),
Commercial users get 50% off data subscriptions after the first year.
To request a data quote or get a sample of the data use our contact form, email contact@northwestportal.com or call/text 509-312-0979
Real Estate
The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than in real estate. Let us help you show why a recreation property is special with custom print maps, web maps or data for your mapping application. Instead of just telling buyers about the nearby recreation amenities show it with a map.
Maps for Sellers and Buyers
Use maps to show the benefits of a property’s location. Instead of just telling people that a property has great recreation opportunities, is near schools and parks, or is a perfect location for boating and fishing show it.
Maps for sellers highlight what is important about a property.
Maps for buyers connect all of the places that they are looking at, helping them navigate the options.
Map of six cabins that were being shown to a buyer on a one day tour.
Current land use and airphoto for three parcels that are being sold for development.
Map of a rural property showing the parcel boundary, airphoto and topography.
Map showing the boundaries and roads for four properties that are for sale over an airphoto, with an inset showing the recreation lands surrounding the parcels.
Order a single map or a set of maps.
Satisfaction guaranteed - no charge for edits, and a full refund if you are not 100% satisfied with any of the maps.
Partner With Us
& let your imagination soar - the sky is the limit!
If you have an idea for a print map, web map or other map product or if you would like to partner with us on the marketing of one our topic maps (camping, boating, dogs, kids, horse, hike, bike.) let us know. We can develop a join product and marketing strategy and share revenue. If you have an idea that you are ready to market, we can provide the product with no up front costs.
Analysis
Need help with a study. We can provide maps and do analysis for any type of study. We have a rich dataset with all types of information in the region and there is no additional cost to include our recreation data. We have worked on award winning tourism studies, provided maps for a endangered species recovery plan, worked on issues related to water rights and tribal rights, and done view-shed analysis for wind farms, among other projects.
We charge our basic consulting rate of $75/hour for all projects. Contact us for more information or for examples of studies that we have worked on.