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    Impervious Cover 2021

    Metadata Updated: March 25, 2026

    This dataset entails the delineation of impervious surfaces and artificial land cover types extracted from aerial imagery captured in early 2021.
    Utilization within the City of Austin
    The dataset plays a pivotal role in several municipal functions, encompassing the computation of the Drainage Charge managed by Austin Watershed Protection, wildfire assessments, emergency operations planning, transportation asset monitoring, urban forest management, and more.
    Data Updates
    New aerial imagery and impervious cover data are acquired by the city every two years, resulting in distinct datasets for each capture. As of its initial capture in early 2021, there have been no subsequent updates to this dataset.
    Downloading Instructions
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    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 25, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from City of Austin Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 2, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 25, 2026
    Publisher data.austintexas.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/3ya2-4qw9
    Data First Published 2022-11-28
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-17
    Category Building and Development
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.austintexas.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id da8ce4eb-d475-486e-8b6f-30c2e6771619
    Harvest Source Id 3b6df381-c8b4-40be-954e-84552dfba592
    Harvest Source Title City of Austin Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.austintexas.gov/d/3ya2-4qw9
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash fc496bb08ba59b4239e6c504cc42c3be64b347a831678659b90a9baf66bc4a45
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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