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Landscape Characterization / Impervious Surfaces / Use of Data in Land Use Planning / What do you want to know? / How much info. Do you need?
What land use decisions do you make?
How much information do you need?
You don't need to be an expert
- You may not be an engineer, a lawyer, an architect, but you do need
to know what needs to be done to protect the streams in your community
from polluted runoff. Learn
more
- As a planning commissioner, you also should know how land use decisions
work in your state and community. Do
you have questions about polluted runoff during site plan review?
- As a citizen, become knowledgeable about how land use planning in
your community protects your local streams.
- Not sure how land use decisions are made? Take
this quiz
- Using the impervious surface cover maps available on this Web site
is easiest if you are beginning a watershed protection plan or revising
your comprehensive land use plan.
There are two types of data included on this Web site: raster and vector.
The raster (or pixel-based) data includes all of the satellite imagery
as well as the derived products, including composites, vegetation index,
and unsupervised classification. The vector (or point-line-polygon) data
includes several datasets that provide the user with a context in which
to view the raster data. For example, roads (vector) can be displayed
over a satellite image to help the viewer more easily locate known features.
Streams and watersheds (also vector) can also be drawn over these data
sets to provide further reference.
Impervious Surface Map
To make a watershed plan, you have many resources
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