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If you are at a state border, this may be an even bigger challenge.
Here’s where PAD-US can help you. As the official national GIS inventory of public parks and protected areas, PAD-US covers all types of these lands, everywhere in the U.S. – neighborhood parks, large city parks, regional preserves, and much more.
But first, a caveat – PAD-US is still being developed and in a number of states, it may not yet have data at the city, county, or regional levels. It does have very good data for most state agencies and very complete data for Federal agencies. It also includes data on conservation easements that has been approved for public use by the National Conservation Easement Database (NCED), a nonprofit consortium.
If you’re in a state where PAD-US has good local data (e.g., Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, California, Florida, Georgia, etc. – learn more about states here), the current versions of the data set can be used directly to help with a range of uses. If you’re in a state where local data is not yet complete, you may be looking more at the value PAD-US adds for state/Federal lands in your area – particularly in the West.
Here are just some of the uses PAD-US has for local and regional park agencies –Download more information in this factsheet:
- Support grant funding applications with information on surrounding areas
- Help with countywide park planning
- Enabling Park Prescription projects
- Assisting with tourism initiatives and services
- Provide data for benchmarks
- Helping park advocates
- Conducting multi-state assessments
- Facilitating SCORP needs reviews
- Collaborating with public health departments on outdoor activity
- Providing web developers with consistent data for park finder applications
There are other ways PAD-US can help too. If you’ve used PAD-US for any of your projects, by all means contact the PAD-US team and tell us your experience!
