Introduction
PAD-US data is available in a number of formats – special editions (for particular regions, etc.) can also be requested by contacting the PAD-US team.
PAD-US data is available in a number of formats – special editions (for particular regions, etc.) can also be requested by contacting the PAD-US team.
Downloads include .gdb (Esri Geodatabase) and shapefile formats for the entire dataset (U.S. and territories), state by state, and Department of the Interior Regions. The database is also available in KMZ format for state downloads. Download GIS data here.
Web services allow USGS-served PAD-US data to be placed into interactive applications or desktop GIS sessions. Web services are provided for many variations of PAD-US, follow the link to explore all the options (note that layer files are also available for these same service themes, for use in desktop GIS projects).
PAD-US data is in the public domain and is available for download in several formats, including Esri ArcGIS Geodatabase (.gdb), shapefile (.shp), and Keyhole Markup Language (.kmz) formats from the USGS PAD-US website. Various Web Mapping Services and PDF maps are also available.
Publishing PAD-US in many formats allow data to be viewed and analyzed in a variety of GIS platforms, both proprietary and open source. PAD-US data can be viewed and analyzed in Esri software products, QGIS, terriaJS, CartoDB, Tableau, various web viewer technologies, and many other software platforms. Data scales not immediately available for download may be obtained by contacting the PAD-US development team.
PAD-US data is also available to view without GIS software using online viewers on both the USGS PAD-US website and on ProtectedLands.net.
National and State poster maps of PAD-US data are available for download as .PDF and .jpg files. PDF map files are very large (often over 50-100mb) and support large format plotting of these PAD-US maps custom designed by GreenInfo Network.
While any PAD-US data user can extract their own statistical measures from the database, there are two resources that can help users with this work: