Massive Star Forming Regions in the Galactic Plane: A Comparative Study Using BGPS, Spitzer, & Optical/Near-IR Surveys

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) is a 1.1 mm continuum survey that has detected more than 8300 clumps over a 170 square degree survey area in the Galactic plane. The full power of these data is realised only when considering the full complement of data spanning millimetre through x-ray wavelengths.