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Color Codes

PDF RTF PS Cape Cod Commission: Regional Plan Atlas, Land-Use Map Color Codes
PDF RTF PS Cleveland, Ohio: Categories for the Future Land-Use Map
PDF RTF PS Eagle Point Software: Graphic Database Structure Color Codes
PDF RTF PS Tempe, Arizona: Projected Land-Use Categories
PDF RTF PS U.S. Air Force Land Use Planning Bulletin: Color Codes for the Land-Use Categories Facilities List

Color Codes: Hatch Patterns

PDF RTF PS Eagle Point Software: Graphic Database Structure Hatch Style

Color Codes: Prisma Colors

PDF RTF PS Color Coding of Land Uses from DeChiara, Scheme 1
PDF RTF PS Color Coding of Land Uses from DeChiara, Scheme 2
PDF RTF PS Color Coding of Land Uses from DeChiara, Simplified Scheme
PDF RTF PS North Carolina Southeast Chapter of the A.I.P.: Color Code Scheme for "A Proposal for a Standardized Classification"

Letter Codes

PDF RTF PS Chicago Fire Department: Occupancy Hazard Classification of Properties
PDF RTF PS Clark County, Nevada: Land-Use Categories for Use with Modified Assessor Codes
PDF RTF PS County of Los Angeles: Hacienda and Rowland Heights Area Plan
PDF RTF PS County of Los Angeles: Malibu/Santa Monica Mountains Area Plan Classification
PDF RTF PS County of Los Angeles: Santa Clarita Valley Area Plan Classification
PDF RTF PS Denver, Colorado Regional Council of Governments: Land-Use Inventory Categories
PDF RTF PS Dona Ana County, New Mexico: Planning Department Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Eau Claire: Land-Use Plan Categories
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, High Potential Loss Facilities Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Site Classes
PDF RTF PS Marietta: Land-Use Map Categories

Mixed Codes: Letter and Numeric

PDF RTF PS Dona Ana County, New Mexico: Assessors Department Land-Use Codes
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Airport System Classifications
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Building Occupancy Classes
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Bus System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Communication System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Electric Power System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Essential Facilities Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Ferry System Classifications
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Highway System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Light Rail System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Natural Gas System Classifications
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, NIBS Occupancy Classes
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Oil System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Port and Harbor System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Potable Water System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Railway System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Structural Building Classifications
PDF RTF PS FEMA: HAZUS, Waste Water System Classification
PDF RTF PS FEMA: Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards, Building Structure Codes
PDF RTF PS FGDC: National Vegetation Classification Standard
PDF RTF PS FGDC: Types of Facilities (Informative)
PDF RTF PS Orange County, California: Coding Scheme for Existing Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Palm Beach County, Florida: Land-Use Codes for the Existing Land-Use
PDF RTF PS State of Georgia: General Land-Use Thematic Classes
PDF RTF PS United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Land Cover Classification System

No Codes Used

PDF RTF PS Aurora, Colorado: Land-Use Map Categories
PDF RTF PS Cobb County, Georgia: Categories for Existing Land-Use
PDF RTF PS FGDC: Cadastral Data Content Standard for Parcel Type, Parcel Area Type, and Restriction Type
PDF RTF PS FGDC: Ground Transportation Network and Attributes
PDF RTF PS FGDC: Utilities Feature Classes
PDF RTF PS HUD: Land Cover/Land-use Determinants, Impact Considerations
PDF RTF PS SANDAG: 1968 Standard Land-Use Codes
PDF RTF PS SANDAG: Existing Land-Use Map Categories
PDF RTF PS U.S. Air Force Land Use Planning Bulletin: Facilities List
PDF RTF PS U.S. Geological Survey Digital Line Graph - Enhanced
PDF RTF PS USDA: Land Evaluation and Site Assessment, Land-Use Designations
PDF RTF PS USDA: Soil Classifications, Farmlands Classification
PDF RTF PS USDOE: Site Development Planning Order
PDF RTF PS WISCLAND: Land Cover Classes

Numeric Codes: 1 Digit (Anderson)

PDF RTF PS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Passaic River Basin Watershed Plan, New

Numeric Codes: 2 Digits

PDF RTF PS Anderson Land-Use Land Cover Classification System: Levels I and II
PDF RTF PS Barton Aschman and Associates: Summary of Recommended Activity Coding System
PDF RTF PS Cape Cod Commission: Summary Description of Massachusetts Property Type Classification Codes
PDF RTF PS Cape Cod Commission: Summary of Land Uses
PDF RTF PS DuPage County, Illinois: Land-Use Coding System - Combined Coding System
PDF RTF PS Guttenberg's Multiple Land Use Classification System
PDF RTF PS Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs: MASSGIS
PDF RTF PS Region d'lle-de-France Categories for Land-Use Modes (MOS)
PDF RTF PS Washoe County, Nevada: Integrated Terrain Unit Mapping Classification System

Numeric Codes: 2 Digits (SLUCM)

PDF RTF PS International Association of Assessing Officers - Standard on Property Use
PDF RTF PS U.S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence: Suggested Land-Use Capability in Accident Potential Zones

Numeric Codes: 3 Digits

PDF RTF PS CORINE Land Cover Nomenclature: Levels I, II, and III
PDF RTF PS Fairfax County, Virginia: Coding Scheme for Conceptual & Area Plan Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Fairfax County, Virginia: Coding Scheme for Planned Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Fairfax County, Virginia: Coding Scheme for Existing Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Institute of Transportation Engineers: ITE Manual, 5th Edition
PDF RTF PS Lincoln-Lancaster County, Nebraska: City County Planning Department Land-Use Inventory Coding Conventions
PDF RTF PS North Carolina DNR: Superconductor / Supercollider Project
PDF RTF PS Urbana, Illinois: Classification System for Substandardness Criteria

Numeric Codes: 3 Digits (Anderson)

PDF RTF PS Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia:Land Use Information System
PDF RTF PS Maryland DNR, Water Resources Administration: Wetlands Mapping
PDF RTF PS Michigan DNR: Michigan Resource Information System
PDF RTF PS Southern California Association of Governments: 1990 Aerial Land Use Study, Land Use Level III/IV Classification
PDF RTF PS Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission: Land-Use Codes
PDF RTF PS SANDAG: Property Use Codes
PDF RTF PS Clark County, Nevada: Coding Scheme for Existing Land Uses
PDF RTF PS Dona Ana County, New Mexico: Assessors Department Land-Use Codes
PDF RTF PS North Carolina State Standard for Land-Use Categories
PDF RTF PS North Carolina State Standard for Land Cover Categories
PDF RTF PS Palm Beach County, Florida: Combined Property Appraiser Codes
PDF RTF PS Standard Industrial Classification Manual
PDF RTF PS Standard Land-Use Coding Manual(SLUCM), 1965
PDF RTF PS U.S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence: People per Parking Space Land-Use Categories

Numeric Codes: 4 Digits

PDF RTF PS U.S. Army: Guide to Army Real Property Codes

Numeric Codes: 4 Digits (Anderson)

PDF RTF PS Ohio DNR, Remote Sensing Program: Land Use/Land Cover Classification
PDF RTF PS Whittier College, Categories for the Environmental Justice Project

Numeric Codes: 4 Digits (SLUCM)

PDF RTF PS Clark County, Nevada: Classification for Land-Use Compatibility in the Airport Overlay District
PDF RTF PS SANDAG: Generalized Land Ownership Map Categories
PDF RTF PS St. Louis, Missouri: Land Records Management System

Numeric Codes: 5 Digits

PDF RTF PS Missouri Land Cover Classification Scheme
PDF RTF PS Nancy, France: Urban Ecosystem Classification System

Numeric Codes: 6 Digits

PDF RTF PS North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

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