# SEWRPC 2010 Land Use Inventory

## Metadata:

- Identification_Information
- Data_Quality_Information
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
- Spatial_Reference_Information
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information
- Distribution_Information
- Metadata_Reference_Information

### 1. Identification_Information:

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Division and GIS Division
      Publication_Date: Unknown
      Title: SEWRPC 2010 Land Use Inventory
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Waukesha, Wisconsin
        Publisher:
          Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Division and GIS Division
  Description:
    Abstract:
      The 2010 Land Use Inventory data set contains polygon features showing land use delineations for the seven-county Southeastern Wisconsin Region, covering Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha Counties. Previous land use data sets were collected at approximately 5-year intervals, and are current for the years 1963, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000. The polygon features were originally delineated on 1"=400' scale aerial photographs and board digitized. Recent inventories have been collected utilizing digital orthophotography and digital property boundary lines. The land use polygons are identified according to the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission's (SEWRPC) land use classification system.
    Purpose:
      This data set was collected to provide an inventory of land use in Southeastern Wisconsin and to be used for broad regional planning purposes.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 2010
    Currentness_Reference:
      The 2010 land use inventory was prepared from orthophotography obtained in March and April of 2010. Previous land use inventories were prepared from aerial photography or orthophotography collected in the spring of the year in which each land use inventory was obtained (1963, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000).
  Status:
    Progress: complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Inventory is collected at 5-year intervals.
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.800
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.712
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.561
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.484
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Theme_Keyword: Land use
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
        Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
      Place_Keyword: Kenosha County
      Place_Keyword: Milwaukee County
      Place_Keyword: Ozaukee County
      Place_Keyword: Racine County
      Place_Keyword: Walworth County
      Place_Keyword: Washington County
      Place_Keyword: Waukesha County
      Place_Keyword: State of Wisconsin
  Access_Constraints:
    There are no legal prerequisites for accessing this data set. Potential users should contact the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Division or GIS Division.
  Use_Constraints:
    This data set was prepared from orthophotography acquired in the spring of 2010 and may not reflect current land use conditions. Site investigation may be necessary to determine current type and extent of land use activity.

### 2. Data_Quality_Information:

  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    The polygon features in the 2010 Land Use Inventory data set were prepared by updating the features from the SEWRPC 2000 land use inventory. Previous land use inventories were originally collected by board digitization of information collected from 1"=400' scale aerial photographs. Over time, the inventories were adjusted to fit large-scale cadastral maps where such mapping was completed at the time of inventory. The polygon features were verified with software routines to insure completeness and integrity of lines and areas. The data set contains lines that intersect where intended, there are no lines that are entered twice, there are no overshoots or undershoots, and all areas are completely described. The area features are topologically structured polygon data with nodes at all intersections.
  Completeness_Report:
    This data set was delineated by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Land Use Division and digitized by the Commission's GIS Division. The land use polygons were delineated according to the definitions of the Commission's land use classification system. To the best knowledge of the Commission GIS Division, this data set includes all of the intended features digitized from the source hardcopy aerial photos and maps and other source materials.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        Previous land use inventories for the years 1963, 1970, 1980, and 1985 were collected from hardcopy aerial photographs that were prepared to meet National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS) for one-inch equals 400 feet scale mapping. Therefore, ninety percent or more of all well-defined planimetric features in these digital map files are within 13.3 feet of their true position on the ground.

        Beginning in 1990, portions of the land use inventories were adjusted to fit large-scale (1"=200' scale or 1"=100' scale) cadastral mapping where such mapping was completed at the time of inventory. Therefore, ninety percent or more of all well-defined planimetric features in portions of the 1990, 1995, and 2000 land use digital map files are within 6.6 feet of their true position on the ground. For the remaining portions of the 1990, 1995, and 2000 land use digital map files, ninety percent or more of all well-defined planimetric features in these areas are within 13.3 feet of their true position on the ground.

        The 2010 Land Use Inventory was prepared with reference to large-scale (1"=200' scale or 1"=100' scale) cadastral mapping and similar large-scale orthophotography. Therefore, ninety percent or more of all well-defined planimetric features in the 2010 land use digital map files are within 6.6 feet of their true position on the ground. This data set generally does not depict "well-defined planimetric features" but does show land use boundaries and locations to the accuracy of the NMAS specifications.

  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Division and GIS Division; local municipalities
          Publication_Date: unknown
          Title:
            Previous regional land use inventories, municipal land use inventories, digital and hardcopy aerial photography and orthophotography, municipal cadastral mapping in hardcopy and digital format
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
            vector digital data, digital and hardcopy aerial photography and orthophotography, hardcopy maps
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Waukesha, Wisconsin and various places
            Publisher:
              Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, local municipalities, and various publishers
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 4800
      Type_of_Source_Media:
        hardcopy aerial photos on paper and mylar media, hardcopy paper maps
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Multiple_Dates/Times:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1963
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1970
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1980
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1985
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1990
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 1995
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 2000
        Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
      Source_Contribution:
        Digital and hardcopy aerial photographs, digital and hardcopy orthophotographs, digital and hardcopy cadastral and land use maps, and local land use inventories were used to delineate the land use inventories.
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        The initial land use inventory was prepared from 1963 ratioed and rectified aerial photography. Boundaries of land use areas were drawn on 1" = 400' scale hardcopy paper aerial photo prints by the Land Use Division staff. Subsequent inventories were prepared utilizing the respective year of aerial photography, as land use boundaries were delineated on hardcopy prints of the recent aerial photos with reference to the maps of the previous land use inventory.

        In the 1980's, the GIS Division staff began digitizing the hardcopy land use delineations to convert the maps into digital format. In 1995, the Commission acquired digital and hardcopy orthophotography which was incorporated into the land use inventory collection process. For the 1995 and 2000 inventories, GIS Divison staff prepared 1" = 400' scale or 1" = 200' scale hardcopy plots of previous land use boundaries, together with available property boundaries, on the orthophotography. The Land Use Division delineated current land use boundaries with reference to property boundaries and ancillary materials, such as land use information prepared by local municipalities. The delineations were then digitized by the GIS Division and hardcopy plots were reviewed by the Land Use Division. The 2000 land use inventory was collected to fit property boundary lines where necessary for more than 90 percent of the Region where digital cadastral mapping was available at the time of inventory.

        The 2010 Land Use Inventory was prepared by updating the 2000 inventory. Hardcopy plots showing 2000 land use polygon boundaries and labels, 2010 parcel boundaries, and 2010 color orthophotography were generated at 1" = 400' scale or 1" = 200' scale. Land Use Division planners delineated changes to the land use boundaries on the hardcopy plots by interpreting features on the orthophotography and referencing other sources such as aerial oblique photography and Google Street View. GIS Division technicians digitized the updates to create the 2010 land use geodatabase files, reviewed the files, and checked the topology of the data set. After a final review by Land Use staff, the 2010 Land Use Inventory was finalized and ready for use in planning applications.

      Process_Date:
        2011 - 2013

### 3. Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
        G-polygon

### 4. Spatial_Reference_Information:

  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1927
        State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
          SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 4803
          Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
            Standard_Parallel: 42.733300
            Standard_Parallel: 44.066700
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -90.00
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.00
            False_Easting: 2000000.000000
            False_Northing: 0
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001
          Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001
        Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
      Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
        294.980000

### 5. Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      The 2010 Land Use Inventory consists of a set of digital map files in ESRI geodatabase format. There is one geodatabase file covering each of the seven counties in the Region. Each geodatabase file contains one feature class for each USPLSS survey township in the county. Each geodatabase file also contains a feature class with all townships merged to create a layer of 2010 land use polygons covering the entire county. The land use polygons are identified by an attribute consisting of a three-digit code and optional one-character suffix corresponding to the Commission's land use classification system.

      The land use codes for the year 2010 Land Use Inventory are provided below.

      SEWRPC 2010 LAND USE CODES
      RESIDENTIAL
      111 ........ Single-Family Residential
      120 ........ Two-Family Residential
      141 ........ Multi-Family Low Rise (1-3 stories)
      142 ........ Multi-Family High Rise (4 or more stories)
      150 ........ Mobile Homes
      199 ........ Residential Land Under Development

      COMMERCIAL
      210 ........ Retail Sales and Service--Intensive
      220 ........ Retail Sales and Service--Nonintensive
      299 ........ Retail Sales and Service Land Under Development

      INDUSTRIAL
      310 ........ Manufacturing
      340 ........ Wholesaling and Storage
      360 ........ Extractive
      399 ........ Industrial Land Under Development

      TRANSPORTATION (Motor Vehicle-Related)
      411 ........ Freeway
      414 ........ Standard Arterial Street and Expressway
      418 ........ Local and Collector Streets
      425 ........ Bus Terminal
      426 ........ Truck Terminal

      TRANSPORTATION (Off-Street Parking)
      430 ........ Multiple Land Use-Related
      431 ........ Residential-Related
      432 ........ Retail Sales and Service-Related
      433 ........ Industrial-Related
      434 ........ Transportation-Related
      435 ........ Communication and Utilities-Related
      436 ........ Government and Institution-Related
      437 ........ Recreation-Related

      TRANSPORTATION (Rail-Related)
      441........ Track Right-of-Way
      443........ Switching Yards
      445........ Stations and Depots

      TRANSPORTATION (Air-Related)
      463........ Air Fields
      465........ Air Terminals and Hangars
      485........ Ship Terminal
      499........ Transportation Land Under Development

      COMMUNICATION AND UTILITIES
      510 ........ Communication and Utilities
      599 ........ Communication and Utility Land Under Development

      GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL
      611 ........ Local - Administrative, Safety, and Assembly
      612 ........ Regional - Administrative, Safety, and Assembly
      641 ........ Local - Educational
      642 ........ Regional - Educational
      661 ........ Local - Group Quarters
      662 ........ Regional - Group Quarters
      681 ........ Local - Cemeteries
      682 ........ Regional - Cemeteries
      699 ........ Government and Institutional Land Under Development

      RECREATIONAL
      711 ........ Public - Cultural/Special Recreation Areas
      712 ........ Nonpublic - Cultural/Special Recreation Areas
      731 ........ Public - Land-Related Recreation Areas
      732 ........ Nonpublic - Land-Related Recreation Areas
      781 ........ Public - Water-Related Recreation Areas
      782 ........ Nonpublic - Water-Related Recreation Areas
      799 ........ Recreation Land Under Development

      AGRICULTURAL
      811 ........ Cropland
      815 ........ Pasture and Other Agriculture
      820 ........ Orchards and Nursery
      841 ........ Special Agriculture
      871 ........ Farm Building

      OPEN LANDS
      910 ........ Wetlands
      921 ........ Urban Unused Lands
      922 ........ Rural Unused Lands
      930 ........ Land Fills and Dumps
      940 ........ Woodlands
      950 ........ Surface Water

      Supplemental Land Use Suffix Codes **
      X ......... High-density Residential (7.0-17.9 dwelling units/net residential acre)
      M ......... Medium-density Residential (2.3-6.9 dwelling units/net residential acre)
      L ......... Low-density Residential (0.7-2.2 dwelling units/net residential acre)
      S ......... Suburban-density Residential (0.2-0.6 dwelling units/net residential acre)
      F ......... Woodlands
      G ......... Wetlands
      H ......... Unused Lands
      ______________________________________________________________

      ** Supplemental land use suffix codes F, G, and H identify natural resource features and open space lands which may occur within certain urban uses. The G suffix code is also used with agricultural codes (800's) to identify "farmed wetlands." Residential density codes apply only to the single-family residential classification (111).

    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      The classification system utilized for the various land use inventories has been modified since the first inventory in 1963 to reflect minor changes in the definition and classification of land use activities. Documentation describing the land use codes used for the various inventories has been prepared by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Land Use Division. Detailed information about the features included in the most recent year 2010 Land Use Inventory are contained in the following two documents available on the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Land Information website:

      Abbreviated Description: <http://maps.sewrpc.org/regionallandinfo/metadata/sewrpc_2010_lu_codes.pdf>

      Detailed Description: <http://maps.sewrpc.org/regionallandinfo/metadata/sewrpc_2010_lu_classifications.pdf>

### 6. Distribution_Information:

  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, GIS Division
      Contact_Position: GIS Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 1607
        City: Waukesha
        State_or_Province: Wisconsin
        Postal_Code: 53187-1607
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (262) 547-6721
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (262) 547-1103
  Resource_Description: SEWRPC 2010 Land Use Inventory
  Distribution_Liability:
    This data set was created for use by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for regional planning purposes. Any other use/application of this information is the responsibility of the user and such use/application is at the user's own discretion and risk. The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission disclaims all liability regarding fitness of the information for any use other than Commission applications.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ESRI geodatabase and shapefile format
        Format_Information_Content: polygon features
        Transfer_Size: 1190
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM, DVD
          Recording_Capacity:
            Recording_Density: 650, 4800
            Recording_Density_Units: approximately 650 megabytes per CD-ROM or 4.8 gigabytes per DVD
          Recording_Format: data written to CD-ROM or DVD
    Fees:
      Generally based upon time required and materials necessary to satisfy data request. Requesters should inquire of contact organization and contact person.
    Ordering_Instructions: Written requests are preferred.
    Turnaround:
      Varies

### 7. Metadata_Reference_Information:

  Metadata_Date:
    2000, 2002, 2003, 2004-03-01, 2004-09-01, 2005-01-07, 2009-07-17, 2013-06-26
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, GIS Division
      Contact_Position: GIS Manager
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 1607
        City: Waukesha
        State_or_Province: Wisconsin
        Postal_Code: 53187-1607
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (262) 547-6721
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (262) 547-1103
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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