Description: This layer contains land use land cover information for the year 2002. The Land Use & Cover map and data is used to show development trends on the landscape in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) created the first Land Use/Land Cover map in 1973 and updated it in 2002 and 2010. This is a modified version of the 2002 land use/land cover data.
Copyright Text: Maryland Department of Planning, MDP
Description: The purpose of the 2002 land use/land cover data set is to provide a generalized view of how developed land has changed throughout the state, primarily capturing the conversion of resource land to development and characterizing the type of development (e.g. very low density, low density, medium density or high density residential development, commercial, industrial, institutional).
Copyright Text: Maryland Department of Planning, MDP