Decks feature class is created to assist in City of Austin planning activities.
Decks are created from heads up digitizing using 2012/2013 Orthoimagery and 2012 Lidar where Orthoimagery is not available.
This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries. This product has been produced by the Communications and Technology Department for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Pools feature class is created to assist in City of Austin planning activities.
This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries. This product has been produced by the Communications and Technology Department for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Building footprints are created from heads up digitizing using 2012/2013 Orthoimagery and 2012 Lidar where Orthoimagery is not available.

Pools feature class is created to assist in City of Austin planning activities.
This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries. This product has been produced by the Communications and Technology Department for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Decks feature class is created to assist in City of Austin planning activities.
Decks are created from heads up digitizing using 2012/2013 Orthoimagery and 2012 Lidar where Orthoimagery is not available.
This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries. This product has been produced by the Communications and Technology Department for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.

Building footprints are created from heads up digitizing using 2012/2013 Orthoimagery and 2012 Lidar where Orthoimagery is not available.

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 the Watershed Protection Department, 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

Some users have reported issues downloading the data. Due to the large size of the dataset, downloading can take longer than expected. We recommend following these instructions to download the data.

1. Click on 'Export'.


2. Choose the desired export format from the dropdown menu.


3. Initiate the download by clicking 'Download'.


4. It's essential to allow your browser ample time to process the download. Even if no immediate action appears to occur, please refrain from closing the browser window. Depending on your internet speed, the download process can take between 10 to 30 minutes due to the substantial size of the data.


5. Once the download commences in your browser, allow it to finish entirely.


6. Should you encounter any issues during the download process, kindly contact the dataset owner for assistance.

This dataset entails the delineation of impervious surfaces and artificial land cover types extracted from aerial imagery captured in early 2019.

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 the Watershed Protection Department, 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 2019, there have been no subsequent updates to this dataset.

Downloading Instructions

Some users have reported issues downloading the data. Due to the large size of the dataset, downloading can take longer than expected. We recommend following these instructions to download the data.

1. Click on 'Export'.


2. Choose the desired export format from the dropdown menu.


3. Initiate the download by clicking 'Download'.


4. It's essential to allow your browser ample time to process the download. Even if no immediate action appears to occur, please refrain from closing the browser window. Depending on your internet speed, the download process can take between 10 to 30 minutes due to the substantial size of the data.


5. Once the download commences in your browser, allow it to finish entirely.


6. Should you encounter any issues during the download process, kindly contact the dataset owner for assistance.

Possible planting space, abbreviated PPS, or plantable space, estimates land available for tree planting. Data were derived using a U.S. Forest Service method called the Urban Tree Canopy assessment. This assessment determines existing tree canopy cover then finds areas where it is "biophysically feasible" to plant new trees rather than were it may be preferred. For this dataset, a “possible” planting location was determined if the location contained pervious land not covered by existing tree canopy cover, surface water, impervious surfaces, or some pervious surfaces deemed to be not plantable (e.g. baseball diamonds, golf courses, etc.). Data were derived from the following data: NAIP-derived tree canopy cover (2014), the National Hydrography Dataset, and City of Austin impervious cover planimetric data (2015). Data are updated every 4 years and each update is provided as a separate dataset. Download and unzip the folder to get started. Please note, errors may exist in this dataset due to the various source data capture years, differences in spatial resolution, and analysis methods used.

This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. It does not represent an on-the-ground survey and represents only the approximate relative location of property boundaries.

This product has been produced by the City of Austin for the sole purpose of geographic reference. No warranty is made by the City of Austin regarding specific accuracy or completeness.