NYS ITS GIS Program Office
Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse
Spatial Reference Codes
Listed below are various sources of information that describe attributes associated with common spatial datasets. Descriptive information is often represented with abbreviated coding schemes. The collection of links below point to metadata, user guides, or text files containing codes and their descriptions.
If there are other spatial datasets you would like listed here, please contact the NYS GIS Clearinghouse. Primary Custodians of spatial data are encouraged to provide other users with attribute information at this reference site.
Theme |
HTML/PDF Document |
DBF File* |
Text File |
| Boundaries | |||
| Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS) codes for Places, Counties, States, etc. | fipspubs | ||
| Four Character County Code | 4cntycode.html | nys_county_code.dbf | nys_county_code.txt |
| Geographic Names Information System feature class codes | gnispublic | ||
| National Flood Insurance Program Community ID Numbers (CID) | NFIP_CID_FIPS.dbf | ||
| NYS School District Codes | schooldistcodes.htm | ||
| NYS SWIS Codes (Municipality codes used by Office of Real Property Services) | swis.htm | ||
| Cadastral | |||
| Property Classification codes from NYS Office of Real Property Services | prclas.htm | orps_lucodes.dbf | orps_lucodes.txt |
| Hydrography | |||
| National Hydrography Dataset Feature Code Descriptions | NHDFCode.htm | NHDFCode.dbf | |
| Land Use/Land Cover | |||
| Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan and State Land classification codes | apalccd.htm | apalccd.dbf | |
| USGS Land Use and Land Cover Classification codes (first and second level categories from Anderson et al. 1976) | LULCUsersGuide.pdf | ||
| Planimetric | |||
| New York State DOT 7.5 Minute Quadrangle codes | index_quadname.htm | dot_quads.dbf | |
| Soils | |||
| Bedrock Geology | bedrock.dbf |
bedrock.txt | |
| Surficial Geology | surficial_alpha.html | surficial.dbf |
surficialegl.txt |
| U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO) | ISDGSM.aspx | gsmsoilmu_a_ny.dbf |
mapunit.txt |
| Transportation | |||
| Thruway Authority Linear Reference System - Bi-directional | tway_lrs.htm | thrulrs.dbf | |
| Thruway Authority Linear Reference System - Centerline | tway_lrs2.htm | thru_centr_lrs.dbf | |
| Wetlands | |||
| National Wetland Inventory (NWI) Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats Classification |
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*Please note: DBF files should be saved on local drive
and opened from a database software application.)