Protected Areas Resources Active
By Gap Analysis Project
February 12, 2019
Access to PAD-US resources including Factsheets, Reports, Poster Maps, Online Viewers, Tools, Crosswalks, and Links to other applications where you can find GAP data.
Fact Sheets
- Help build the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). View USGS Fact Sheet 2023–3013.
- PAD-US — National Inventory of Protected Areas. View USGS Fact Sheet 2013-3086.
- FGDC Federal Lands Workgroup (FLWG) – Interagency coordination for inventorying federal lands. View FGDC Fact Sheet from the FLWG website.
Reports
- Completing America's Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas (2016)
- PAD-US Strategy Report, “A Map for the Future” (2009)
PAD-US 3.0 National Poster Map Downloads
PAD-US 3.0 State and Custom Poster Maps
- Automated creation of state and custom poster maps as need from our partner: https://www.protectedlands.net/map
PAD-US and GAP Online Data Viewers
- PAD-US Data Explorer
- Gap Analysis Project National Land Cover Viewer
- Gap Analysis Project Species Viewer
Tools and Crosswalks
- PAD-US Data Manual - provides data requirements and additional resources.
- PAD-US Data Dictionary - contains attribute definitions, field properties, domain values, and development crosswalks.
- PAD-US Processing Steps - supporting documentation, translation scripts, blank schema, and database structure are available in a single download file (ZIP).
- GAP Status Assignment Tool - allows PAD-US Data Stewards to determine GAP Status Code for a protected area.
Links– Look for GAP in the following applications
- UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
- USGS National Map Viewer
- State of the Birds
- Department of Interior Strategic Plan FY 2011-2016, helping to ‘provide a scientific foundation for decision making’. (PDF document)
For more information contact the PAD-US Team.
Access to PAD-US resources including Factsheets, Reports, Poster Maps, Online Viewers, Tools, Crosswalks, and Links to other applications where you can find GAP data.
Fact Sheets
- Help build the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). View USGS Fact Sheet 2023–3013.
- PAD-US — National Inventory of Protected Areas. View USGS Fact Sheet 2013-3086.
- FGDC Federal Lands Workgroup (FLWG) – Interagency coordination for inventorying federal lands. View FGDC Fact Sheet from the FLWG website.
Reports
- Completing America's Inventory of Public Parks and Protected Areas (2016)
- PAD-US Strategy Report, “A Map for the Future” (2009)
PAD-US 3.0 National Poster Map Downloads
PAD-US 3.0 State and Custom Poster Maps
- Automated creation of state and custom poster maps as need from our partner: https://www.protectedlands.net/map
PAD-US and GAP Online Data Viewers
- PAD-US Data Explorer
- Gap Analysis Project National Land Cover Viewer
- Gap Analysis Project Species Viewer
Tools and Crosswalks
- PAD-US Data Manual - provides data requirements and additional resources.
- PAD-US Data Dictionary - contains attribute definitions, field properties, domain values, and development crosswalks.
- PAD-US Processing Steps - supporting documentation, translation scripts, blank schema, and database structure are available in a single download file (ZIP).
- GAP Status Assignment Tool - allows PAD-US Data Stewards to determine GAP Status Code for a protected area.
Links– Look for GAP in the following applications
- UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
- USGS National Map Viewer
- State of the Birds
- Department of Interior Strategic Plan FY 2011-2016, helping to ‘provide a scientific foundation for decision making’. (PDF document)
For more information contact the PAD-US Team.