Oahu Land Use 1998

[Metadata] Description: Oahu Land Use 1998 Source: This coverage was generated by the the USGS Oahu NAWQA staff in Oahu, Hawaii, in 2001 and 2002, using 1998 digital orthophotos. This is a vector GIS coverage (ESRI ArcInfo format) of the land use of the island of Oahu, 1998, derived from multiple sources of digital orthophotos. The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) is designed to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's ground- and surface-water resources and to provide a sound understanding of the natural and human factors that affect the quality of these resources (Leahy and others, 1990). The Oahu NAWQA program began in October 1998. The land-use data provided here are intended for analysis in conjunction with the Oahu NAWQA water-quality data. The land uses identified are those that involve surface modification through human activity. These are referred to herein as agriculture, developed (urban), or barren-mining. Other land uses, including conservation, forest, natural areas, wetlands, water, and barren (sand, rock, or soil), and un-managed vegetation are identified as "other". This coverage is derived from 1-meter ground resolution digital orthophotos (DOQs) and intended for use at 1:24,000-scale or smaller. May 2024: Hawaii Statewide GIS Program staff removed extraneous fields that had been added as part of the 2016 GIS database conversion and were no longer needed. For additional information, please refer to https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/lu98_oah.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; [phone]; email: [e-mail]; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.