This page is a partial listing of the data that is available in-house in the Urban Ecology program at the University of Washington as well as an incomplete list of other spatial data available on various websites.
Types of Spatial data out there:
Themes |
Description |
Examples |
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| land cover | vegetation on the landscape | forest, grass | |
| land use | use of the land | residential, commercial | |
| hydrography (surface water) | streams, rivers, lakes, oceans | Lake Union | |
| wetlands | |||
| fault zones | |||
| critical habitats | |||
| digital elevation (DEM) | meters above sea level | ||
| aspect | cardinal direction the land faces | ||
| slope | slope of the land | ||
Scales (Resolution and Extent) |
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| Country | |||
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| Watershed | |||
| Town | |||
| Sub-watershed | |||
Aerial Photos/ Digital Orthos / High Resolution Imagery In-house in Urban Ecology in Anderson Hall (Marzluff) and Urban Ecology Research Lab (UERL) in Gould Hall (Alberti)
Spatial Data Available on the UE File Server
| Attributes | Resolution | Extent | ||
| Land Cover | 1991 | paved, mixed urban, forest, grass/shrub/crop, bare soil, clearcut, water | 30m cells | King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Pierce Counties under 500m elevation |
Land cover |
1999 | paved, mixed urban, forest, grass/shrub/crop, bare soil, clearcut, water | 30m cells | King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap Counties under 500m elevation |
| parcels | 2000 | parcel boundaries | unkn | separately for King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap Counties |
| tax assessors data | various 1999-2002 | parcel-related tax assessors files | parcel | same as parcels |