About

How It All Started

Founded in 1944 by J.Q.Cummings in the basement of his home, we began as a farm plat book company with all of our maps painstakingly researched, hand drawn and published by the founder himself.   For seven decades, we have been recognized as the pioneer and leader in the plat book industry.  We own the largest and most comprehensive plat information record of its kind in the country.  What started as rural farm mapping has now grown to include georeferenced, attributed spatial data for counties throughout the United States.

                      

     J.Q. Cummings working in the basement of his home.                                        The birthplace of RMP - 321 Shaw St.

 

Where We Are Going

We are expanding our geography and our suite of mapping products to serve you even better.  We recognize that many of our customers need more than just our high quality print formats.   With mapping systems now a part of most businesses, our team is focused on aggregating new content in new regions.  We can provide spatial solutions for analysis purposes including parcel polygons, parcel identification numbers (PINs), grower data, satellite imagery and other customized content for your specific mapping project.

Rockford Map now has coverage in over 1500 counties nationwide.

 

What Matters to Us

We know that property ownership changes on a daily basis.  It's a significant challenge to create highly accurate parcel data for our customers but challenges are what drive us to improve.  Excellence, integrity and innovation matter to us.  We intend to meet your needs by delivering land related mapping products in the formats you require.  It's important that your experience with us is easy and worthwhile... we want you to think of Rockford Map first when you think of land ownership maps.

 

The Rockford Map Team

• Research - At the start of a plat mapping project, RMP researchers spend time going through county records and data making sure all information is up-to-date and accurate according to county sources.
• Cartography, GIS & Production - A team of professional cartographers and GIS techs up date each county verifying base map and ownership information, correlating all data from public sources and third-party data providers
• Sales & Marketing - The group who is responsible for setting up book distribution and advertising sales.  The sales team will work with you to create a specialized mapping solution for your particular business challenge.  The marketing staff maintains the RMP website, newsletter, promotions, and all corporate literature.
• Graphics/Pre-Press - The gateway between our valued advertisers and the final plat book, they design and produce ads for the printed plat books and online advertisers.  
• Customer Service - The customer service team provides you with accurate and timely information when needed and helps customers find the products that fit their needs.  They answer the phone with a smile on their face - guaranteed!
• Licensing - The licensing department stays on top of RMP's copyrights and reproduction requests. They handle renewals and new members on a daily basis and grant fair use licenses in appropriate circumstances.  Give us a call if you have a question on reproducing our copyrighted materials - it's fair, easy and affordable!

Meet the Management Team