Data API

Land Use 2000

Planning
Data Steward
DVRPC GIS
Update Frequency
as needed
Metadata Last Modified
August 28, 2025
Dataset Type
Geospatial
Source
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC)
Organization Type
Planning Commission
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
No License Provided

Every five years, since 1990, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission has produced a GIS Land Use layer for its 9-county region. In 2000, digital orthophotography was flown by DVRPC. Utilizing this orthophotography, all Land Use annotation and digitizing was performed on-screen, or "heads-up," a first at DVRPC. Digitizing was done using ESRI ArcGIS 8 software at a 1:2400 (1 inch = 200 feet) scale.

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objectid
landuse00
descriptio
county
sq_miles
acres
state

Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
descriptio String DESCRIPTIO Land Use description
sq_miles Double Shape Feature geometry.
objectid OID SQ_MILES Internal feature number.
acres Double OBJECTID
shape Geometry ACRES Feature geometry.
landuse00 String SHAPE Feature geometry.
county String LANDUSE00
state String COUNTY Internal feature number.
st_area(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape)
st_perimeter(shape) Double state Length of feature in internal units.