PAD-US
Answer in brief
PAD-US is the USGS database of public and protected land in the United States. Most public-land map layers, including CatchVault’s, are built from it.
What it contains
Parcel boundaries, the managing agency, and an access designation for federal, state and local public land.
How it relates to CatchVault
CatchVault turns this data into a tappable layer on its spots map. Listing it here is not a partnership.
Sources for this entry
- USGS Protected Areas (PAD-US): The federal inventory of public and protected land used for land-access layers.
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