Allegheny County Land Cover Areas

The Land Cover dataset demarcates 14 land cover types by area; such as Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Forest, Agriculture, etc.

If viewing this description on the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center’s open data portal (http://www.wprdc.org), this dataset is harvested on a weekly basis from Allegheny County’s GIS data portal (http://openac.alcogis.opendata.arcgis.com/). The full metadata record for this dataset can also be found on Allegheny County’s GIS portal. You can access the metadata record and other resources on the GIS portal by clicking on the “Explore” button (and choosing the “Go to resource” option) to the right of the “ArcGIS Open Dataset” text below.

Category: Geography

Organization: Allegheny County

Department: Geographic Information Systems Group; Department of Administrative Services

Temporal Coverage: 1994

Data Notes:

Coordinate System: Pennsylvania State Plane South Zone 3702; U.S. Survey Foot

Development Notes: The dataset was created by Chester Environmental through combined image processing and GIS analysis of Landsat TM imagery of October 2, 1992, existing aerial photography, hardcopy and digital mapping sources and Census Bureau demographic data. The original dataset was created in 1993, then updated by Chester in 1994.

Other: none

Frequency - Data Change: As needed

Frequency - Publishing: As needed

Data Steward Name: Eli Thomas

Data Steward Email: gishelp@alleghenycounty.us

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notes	<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof: yes'>The Land Cover dataset demarcates 14 land cover types by area; such as Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Forest, Agriculture, etc.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-no-proof:yes'></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif'>If viewing this description on the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center’s open data portal (</span><a href='http://www.wprdc.org'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>http://www.wprdc.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>), this dataset is harvested on a weekly basis from Allegheny County’s GIS data portal (</span><a href='http://openac.alcogis.opendata.arcgis.com/'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>http://openac.alcogis.opendata.arcgis.com/</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>). The full metadata record for this dataset can also be found on Allegheny County’s GIS portal. You can access the metadata record and other resources on the GIS portal by clicking on the “Explore” button (and choosing the “Go to resource” option) to the right of the “ArcGIS Open Dataset” text below.</span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Category:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Geography</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Organization:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Allegheny County</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Department:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Geographic Information Systems Group; Department of Administrative Services</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Temporal Coverage:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>1994</span></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Data Notes:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Coordinate System:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Pennsylvania State Plane South Zone 3702; U.S. Survey Foot</span></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-no-proof:yes'>Development Notes:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The dataset was created by Chester Environmental through combined image processing and GIS analysis of Landsat TM imagery of October 2, 1992, existing aerial photography, hardcopy and digital mapping sources and Census Bureau demographic data. The original dataset was created in 1993, then updated by Chester in 1994.</span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-no-proof:yes'>Other: none</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Related Document(s):</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Data Dictionary (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfUflfki42mpLSkr1R-up_OXGD3mHnv8tqeXf6XS9O0/edit?usp=sharing</span></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)</span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Frequency - Data Change:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>As needed</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Frequency - Publishing:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>As needed</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Data Steward Name:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Eli Thomas</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Data Steward Email:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'>gishelp@alleghenycounty.us</span></span><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></p>
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title	Allegheny County Land Cover Areas