September 16, 2011: CPAD 1.7 is now available
Explore this zoomable map of CPAD data,
and order your own poster or download a printable image file
The latest release of CPAD is now available for download. You can use the MapCollaborator-CPAD Edition, to comment on and recommend further CPAD changes directly on a detailed interactive web map.
Learn more about this update >>
Learn more about the new MapCollaborator-CPAD Edition >>
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CPAD basic info factsheet (PDF, 850kb) >>
Introducing CPAD
The California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) is a GIS inventory of all protected* park and open space lands in California. The database contains lands held in fee ownership by public agencies and non-profits - it does not contain data on private conservation and other similar public agency easements. CPAD is more completely described in the CPAD Manual.
The lands in the database range from huge national forests to very small urban parks. Federal, state, county, city, special district and non-governmental agency holdings are included and have been mapped at high levels of accuracy.
CPAD data is available for non-commercial use by downloading from the Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse - please review the CPAD license agreement before downloading the data.
CPAD has been created by GreenInfo Network, a non-profit technology support organization, and has been supported by many public agencies, foundations and non-profit groups. If your agency or organization can provide resources to help maintain CPAD, please contact us.
CPAD data is also accessible at GreenInfo Network's ParkInfo web site, where users can search and map parks and other open space recreational opportunities anywhere in California.
* Protection does not indicate that all CPAD lands are conserved for biodiversity or any other specific conservation purpose - it means that these lands are owned by agencies whose general mission is to continue the open space uses on them. Learn more about what's in CPAD >>
