The California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) inventories open space lands that have been protectedfor open space uses through fee ownerships. A separate database - the California ConservationEasement Database (CCED)* - tracks lands protected through conservation easements (more below).CPAD is not a database of all public lands - for example, it does not include public buildings, water treatmentsites, or other non-open space public land.CPAD is suitable for a wide range of planning, assessment, analysis, and display purposes. CPAD shouldnot be used as the basis for official regulatory, legal, or other such governmental actions without moredetailed review of current official land records in the area of focus.The lands in CPAD are defined by their owning and managing agencies at the Holdings and Units levels. At theSuper Units level (a version of the release meant primarily for recreation applications, and for generalcartography), CPAD lands are defined simply by name, managing agency, and public access.Access to CPAD GIS data is through the California Natural Resources Agency's open data portal - a downloadlink and more information about CPAD is at www.CALands.org. CPAD is released in shapefile format. The statesite also hosts map services with CPAD data displayed by Access Type, Agency Classification, and AgencyLevel. This is a great resource for web developers interested in displaying CPAD data already classified anddesigned by GreenInfo's team of cartographers.
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