Visualize 2045: Environmental Consultation Environmental Inventory Mapping
This is a Land Use / Land Cover Map depicting
forests, cropland, park land, waters features
and urban and countryside development in
more than 3000 square miles of the
Metropolitan Washington Region as defined
COG membership of the Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments (COG)
This map was developed through Land Sat
imagery analzyed by RESAC (Regional Earth Science Applications Center)
in conjunction with the COG Department of Environmental
Programs and the National Park Service.
Analysis for this maps covers the 12 major land
use / land cover classifications as defined by
the Chesapeake Bay Program. The nature of
Land Sat imagery is such that detailed visual
images are not possible as they are when
using high resolution satellite imagery or
low-level aerial photography. However, t he 30
meters per pixel resolution of Land Sat
imagery is very useful for high altitude land
cover analysis using spectral analysis
techniques.
Sophisticated digital analysis software has
been used to calculate the land cover data for
this map and has been 'trained' on higher
resolution data to achieve accurate analysis to
the 90th percentile.
Apr 01, 2022
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is federally required to engage and consult with affected state and local environmental resource agencies regarding the development of the long-range transportation plan. These maps will be used to inform about the relationship between Visualize 2045 and regional-level environmental concerns by defining and inventorying environmental resources and data. The maps can serve as a tool to identify long-term regional mitigation strategies and high conservation priority or areas for potential restoration.
For project-level information, including status of any environmental review, click on the project for a pop-up with, when available, additional information like project web site and key contact. For additional information on state-level environmental programs and project-specific environmental reviews, visit the state department of transportation’s environmental programs pages: DDOT, MDOT, and VDOT.
This consultation effort is strictly intended to examine Visualize 2045 at a regional scale and not at the project level. Moreover, as some projects are in early planning stage, specific information regarding exact locations and project dimensions are not known. Therefore, it is important to note that the lines representing Visualize 2045 projects in the maps do not represent actual alignments, but rather are general depictions of project locations.
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