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Digital data and maps are provided for download and use by planners. GIS files are either ESRI Geodatabase or Shapefile format and have been compressed with WinZip. All maps include metadata. Some of these data and maps are subject to periodic updates so please check back accordingly.
  • Boundary Maps
    • These maps were prepared by DCA from the latest 2008 U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line maps. DCA also has older editions of the TIGER/Line city and county boundaries maps; use the 'Contact Us' button above to request those.
      Download Georgia county boundaries (includes Regional Development Center and State Development Region membership).
      Download Georgia city boundaries.
      Download Georgia Regional Development Center boundaries.
      Download Georgia State Development Region boundaries (same as Regional Commission boundaries effective July 1, 2009).

    Census Maps, Current Edition
    • Census TIGER/Line maps, including boundaries, are now available as shapefiles directly from the U.S. Census Bureau.


  • Coastal Resource Maps
    • Download a set of maps including Coastal Marshlands, Georgia Shorelines, and Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. According to DCA's Minimum Standards and Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning "Coastal Resources: Include beaches, coastal marshes and estuaries that are vulnerable to the impacts of development." (Updated April 17, 2009)
  • Cultural Resource Maps
    • Regional maps of cultural resources are available for download by Regional Development Centers in their secure ftp folders at ftp://www.georgiaplanning.com. Archaeological sites, in general, are a state-required 'natural and cultural resources' planning element according to DCA Rules (Chapter 110-12-1-.04.). According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria (Chapter 391-3-16-.04.) certain archaeological sites are protected when within wetlands and protected river corridors. Information for these maps were originally compiled by the Georgia Archaeological Site File (GASF), located at the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology. Georgia Department of Natural Resources- Historic Preservation Division, Office of the State Archaeologist working with DCA has developed a generalized map of archaeological site locations for general purpose community planning. These DCA derived maps consists of those census blocks whick contained archaeological sites recorded in the GASF. (6-14-2004)
  • Demographic and Economic Data
    • View and Download Population, Housing, and Economic Development data that have been especially prepared to fulfill the data requirements prescribed by the Rules for Planning and the Georgia Planning Act.
  • Groundwater Recharge Area Map
    • Download a statewide map of groundwater recharge areas, from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Digital Environmental Atlas of Georgia. (6-14-2004)
  • Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP)
    • Read documents describing this project to compile maps in cooperation with Georgia communities and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
      Download map of Georgia Public Safety Answer Point Boundaries.
      Download map of Georgia Correctional Institutions.
      Download map of Georgia Law Enforcement.
      Download map of Georgia Fire Stations.
      Download map of Georgia Emergency Medical Services.
      Download map of Georgia Hospitals.
      Download map of Georgia Colleges and Universities.
      Download map of Georgia State Government Buildings.
  • Land Use Maps
      Land Use maps are available for most local governments that have submitted comprehensive plans. Existing Land Use maps are submitted with plan Community Assessments; Future Development Maps and Future Land Use maps (if one was presented in the plan), are submitted with the plan Community Agenda. Generally, Existing and Future Land Use maps contain the land use categories prescribed in the Local Planning Requirements (DCA Rules Chapter 110-12-1); Future Development maps use Character Area categories that are defined but not restricted to those in the State Planning Recommendations. Please contact us to request maps for a specific local government.
  • National Wetlands Inventory / Generalized Wetlands 2009
    • Seamless National Wetlands Inventory maps of Georgia with a cross-index of the Cowardin classification to the 'Generalized Wetlands' codes and descriptions in the 'Environmental Planning Criteria' Georgia Department of Natural Resources Rules Chapter 391-3-16. Maps are available by state region or for the entire state. (Updated April 17, 2009)
      Download Region 1 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 2 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 3 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 4 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 5 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 6 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 7 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 8 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 9 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 10 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 11 Wetlands map.
      Download Region 12 Wetlands map.
      Download Georgia Wetlands map.
  • Protected Mountain Area Map
    • Download a statewide DCA map of protected mountain areas, as required by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources- Environmental Protection Division- Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria 391-3-16-.05. Mountain protection is also a DCA-required natural resources planning element. This is a DCA-compiled map, based on analysis of the 1:24,000-scale National Elevation Dataset. (3-15-2002)
  • Protected River Maps
    • Download the statewide maps of 'Protected Rivers', Cities with Protected Rivers and Counties with Protected Rivers. River Corridor Protection Plans are required for designated streams by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria 391-3-16-.04 and are also a DCA-required natural resources planning element. This is a DCA-compiled map that differs substantially from the 'Corridor' coverage in the 'Digital Environmental Atlas of Georgia' (Georgia Geologic Survey Publication CD-1). The DNR map (compiled by the USGS) errantly contains river reservoir areas and does not include all of the stream segments downstream to the jurisdiction of the Coastal Marshland Protection Act area. (1-3-2003)
  • Opportunity Zone Map
    • View a statewide map of Georgia Tax Credit Oppportunity Zones, based on Census 2000 block groups (TIGER/Line 2008 version) and US Census 2000 Summary File 3, Table P87, Poverty Status 1999. (4-1-2009)

    Aerial Photography
    • Image Services are available for use in your desktop GIS. Use seamless, high-resolution, natural color air photo mosaics. (9-1-2008)
    • Download a compressed county mosaic image of National Agricultural Imagery Program air photos for a Georgia County. These air photos were acquired during 2007. (11-1-2007)
  • HUD Web Mapping Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census Tract (QCT) Locator
  • DCA Map Atlas PDF maps prepared for various DCA programs and projects.

Last updated 4/8/2009