Cartographic Data contains data used for cartographic purposes. These include buildings, parks, forests and street polygons. The data has been symbolized and color coded with mapping parameters conveniently pre-set.
Buildings (metadata)
Description: This polygon feature class represents
building footprints within and around the City of Bellingham City
Limits. These polygons were digitized from aerial photography
(updated as new imagery is acquired). The attributes for this data
include year of photography, type (Public, etc...), and a variety of
building square footage attributes from the County Assessor’s
Building Details file.
Symbology: This polygon feature class is symbolized
based on the "TYPE" field. Public buildings are symbolized as a
medium brown color polygon and all other buildings are symbolized as
a light tan color polygon.
Labels: None
Definition Query: None
Cartographic Parks
(metadata)
Description: Parks is a polygon dataset that
shows parks areas primarily for cartographic and landmark
recognition purposes.
Symbology: Parks are symbolized as green filled
polygons. In the table of contents, these are labeled as
"Cartographic Parks".
Labels: Labels are displayed based on the park
name in green with a light green halo for better visibility. The
"Label Features" option is NOT selected so they are not
displayed when you bring them into your project.
Definition Query: None
Docks
(metadata)
Description: Polygon representation of docks,
piers, and marina slips around Bellingham Bay, Squalicum Harbor,
Fairhaven, and Lake Whatcom.
Symbology:Polygons are shaded white with a thin
blue outline.
Labels: None
Definition Query: None
Forest
(metadata)
Description: Forest vegetation polygons for
Bellingham & environs. Digitized from 2002 air photos, includes
areas of continuous canopy cover, as well as smaller groupings
of trees and large canopy single trees. Selected areas updated
using 2004 and 2006 air photos.
Symbology: Polygons shaded with olive green, a
thin grey outline, and 25% transparency.
Labels: None
Definition Query: FOREST = 1
Street Polygons
(metadata)
Description: This layer depicts a polygon feature
class of travelled ways found within and around the City Limits.
Symbology: Street polygons are displayed based on
the "TYPE" field.
Labels: Labels are set to display based on the
"TYPE" field. Labels are depicted as black text. By default,
the "Label Features" option is deselected so they will be off when
you bring them into your project.
Definition Query: "TYPE" <> 'AIRPORT'
*Layer files are only included with the GDB download.
