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State, regional and local agencies have difficultly obtaining
up-to-date, high-resolution state and local-level natural resource and
planning data in order to make informed land use, program, and project
decisions. General Plans, General Plan amendments, habitat and parcel
information are not easily available in one central location, nor are
they integrated and digitized for easy use. Because data are usually
not developed with consistent standards (classification categories and
collection methods) across programs or jurisdictions it takes time to
collect and digitize into a common spatial format.
Decision-makers at all levels will benefit from early access to the
best available integrated natural resource and planning spatial data in
order to better preserve natural resources and
improve program and planning decisions and processes. Providing this
integrated map-based information early in the process will make it
significantly easier to:
• Reduce costs on project development and implementation
• Develop consensus on planning projects and policies
• Facilitate comprehensive and early program evaluation
• Conserve and protect environmental resources
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), Councils of Government
(COGs), cities and counties that do the vast majority of
California’s infrastructure and land use planning could more
easily comply with state and federal environmental laws and regulations
and could reduce planning costs if they had access to integrated
spatial planning and natural resource data. A GPP centralized online
data access system would allow planners to find, access and use more
natural resource information when developing regional transportation
plans, General Plans, General Plan updates, etc.
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The Information Center for the Environment
University of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, Ca 9516
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