Digital Land Cover/Land Use for Rhode Island - 2003/04

 

This is a statewide, seamless digital dataset of the land cover/land use for the State of Rhode Island derived using semi-automated methods and based on imagery captured in 2003-2004.

The project area encompasses the State of Rhode Island and also extends 1/2 mile into the neighboring states of Connecticut and Massachusetts or to the limits of source orthophotgraphy.

Geographic feature accuracy meets the National Mapping Standards for 1:5000 scale mapping with respect to base level data (roads, hydrography, and orthos). The minimum mapping unit for this dataset is .5 acre.

The land use classification scheme used for these data was based on the Anderson Level III modified coding schema used in previous land use datasets in Rhode Island (1988 & 1995) with some modifications for the 2003 classification.

These data are offered by RIGIS as a single seamless statewide dataset. In order to offer smaller downloadable data files, the statewide data have also been clipped to the county boundaries plus a 1000 foot buffer zone and made available via this website.

If you'd like to simply take a look at these data without having to download them, try the Environmental Resource Map hosted by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.