Data API

Land Use 2005

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. As it was in 2000, digital orthophotography was flown by DVRPC in 2005. Digitizing was done using these 2005 true-color aerials on the ESRI ArcGIS software platform at a 1:2400 (1 inch = 200 feet) scale.

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objectid
geoid
name
cpa_name
lu_type
lu_label
acres
sq_miles

Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
cpa_name String SHAPE Feature geometry.
lu_type String CPA_NAME County Planning Area
geoid String LU_Type Land Use Code
name String GEOID MCD GeoID
acres Double NAME MCD Name
sq_miles Double acres
shape Geometry sq_miles Feature geometry.
objectid OID Shape Feature geometry.
lu_label String OBJECTID
st_area(shape) Double st_perimeter(shape)
st_perimeter(shape) Double LU_Label Land Use description