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Draft 10/8/99 <br />C. Gaps and New Coverages Needed <br />Despite the fact that Orange County is well ahead of most counties in the <br />state in the area of GIS resource data, there are a number of areas where <br />additional.. information is needed. Efforts are .already underway in ERCD or <br />Planning to address-some of these-data needs.. <br />Current Data Gaps <br />- Topography (coming via Land Records in 2000) <br />Impervious surfaces <br />- Existing land use pattern <br />- ..Land in active cultivation (farmland). <br />- Existing zoning and Land Use Element (parcel level) <br />- Feedlots, pesticide application and animal waste lagoons <br />- .Ground water recharge areas (may be created from USGS ground <br />water. resource investigation report =June, 2000) <br />Data from adjoining jurisdictions <br />Data in Need of Update <br />- Wetlands <br />- Aerial photography (coming via Land Records in 2000) <br />.Soils <br />- -New. building permits and development projects (Planning) <br />Upkeep and maintenance of the database will be as substantial an <br />undertaking as creating new data. Some of the County's older GIS <br />coverages are "shape" files that were created prior to the existence of <br />land parcel. data and therefore do not match the parcel data when overlaid <br />together. Other coverages will have data that change over time, requiring <br />regular maintenance and monitoring. <br />D. Continued/Long-term Data Needs <br />Based on the long-term maintenance considerations and the data needs <br />previously identified, the following are proposed as goals for the <br />Comprehensive Resource Database in FY 99-00: <br />Goals 1999 2000 <br />- Upkeep and maintenance of existing database (NAD <br />conversions, match-up older coverages to new parcel data, <br />update with new information) <br />- Digitize new coverages (abandoned wells, animal waste <br />lagoons,- continue inputting new wells, impervious surfaces) <br />13 <br /> <br />