Note: The GISCC Framework Subcommittee meets regularly to discuss Georgia Base Maps (i.e., any of the datasets identified below). Please contact if interested.

BOUNDARIES

State, County, municipal and other administrative boundaries across Georgia are available for download via the Georgia GIS Clearinghouse.

SCOPE OF WORK | County Boundaries Scope of Work, 1999

BOUNDARY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Geographic Information Systems: Standards and Guidelines in the State of Georgia This manual contains standards and guidelines for implementing and maintaining Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Georgia state agencies and universities.

Annexation Bill- Draft January 31, 2000
To amend Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annexation of territory by municipal corporations, so as to establish new procedures for submission of reports of annexations

IMAGERY

Statewide imagery for the state of Georgia can be downloaded by DOQQ and county via the Georgia GIS Clearinghouse from the following years:

1. 1993 | 1-meter | Leaf-Off | panchromatic | Joint Funding Agreement with USGS National Aerial Photography Program (NAPP)

1999 | 1-meter | Leaf-Off | Color Infrared | Joint Funding Agreement with USGS NAPP

2. 2005 | 2-meter | Leaf-On | True-Color | Free via Farm Service Agency (FSA) National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP)
3. 2006 | 2-meter | Leaf-On | True-Color | Free via NAIP
4. 2007 | 1-meter | Leaf-On | True-Color | Joint Funding Agreement with NAIP
5. 2009 (pending) | 1-meter | Leaf-On | True-Color | Joint Funding Agreement with NAIP

2002 | 1-Foot | Leaf-Off | True-Color imagery is available for the metro Atlanta area and coastal Glynn County.

STANDARDS
USGS - National Mapping Division Digital Orthophotography Standard, 1996
USGS - National Mapping Division DOQQ Metadata Standard, 1997
USGS - National mapping Division DOQQ File Naming Convention for CD Media, 1997
Georgia 1999 DOQQ Standards, Modifications and Clarifications to USGS Standards

SCOPE OF WORK

Digital Orthophotography Quarter Quadrangle (DOQQ) Work Plan, 1999

IMAGERY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Geographic Information Systems: Standards and Guidelines in the State of Georgia. Note: Land Use and Land Cover standards are not included in these specifications.

Land-Based Classification Standards
An extensive study by the American Planning Association of existing land-based classification schemes and a proposed multi-dimensional standard.

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
The NAICS replaces the Standard Indutry Classification or SIC coding system. The 1965 federal ‘Standard Land Use Coding Manual’ (SLUCM) was based on the SIC; Georgia land use mapping under the Planning Act of 1989 was based on SIC codes. NAICS was first used extensively for the US Economic Census of 1997.

The National GAP Analysis Program
The USGS-sponsored land cover mapping program to assist in protecting biodiversity.

The Georgia GAP Analysis Program
The USGS-sponsored land cover mapping program to assist in protecting biodiversity in Georgia.

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC)
The federal interagency National Land Cover Database mapping program.

Using Maps for Local Planning
This Georgia DCA mapping guide assists local goverments in preparing their comprehensive plans.

HYDROGRAPHY

A statewide Hydrography database is available on a county basis via the Georgia GIS Clearinghouse.

STANDARDS
Hydrography Digital Line Graph - Feature (DLG-F) Data Dictionary
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) USGS/EPA

SCOPE OF WORK
DLG-F Hydrography Scope of Work #2, 1999
Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUC) Basins Scope of Work, 1998
DLG-F Hydrography Scope of Work #1, 1998

DOCUMENTS AND EXAMPLES
DLG-F Features Graphic

TRANSPORTATION

A RC-reconciled, statewide 1:12,000-scale DLG-F Transportation Database, is available on a county basis via the Georgia GIS Clearinghouse. Each county can have up to six data files for download: airports, helipads, runways, roads, railways, and bridges.

STANDARDS
Transportation Digital Line Graph - Feature (DLG-F) Data Dictionary

SCOPE OF WORK
DLG-F Transportation Scope of Work, 1998

DOCUMENTS AND EXAMPLES
DLG-F Transportation Features Example

WETLANDS

A Wetlands database is available via the Georgia GIS Clearinghouse.

STANDARDS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

SCOPE OF WORK
NWI Digitizing Scope of Work Modification #1, 1998
NWI Map Finalization Scope of Work Modification, 1998

DOCUMENTS AND EXAMPLES
Chatham County NWI Map (Example graphic)