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Data Layers User Manual

Explore helpful training resources, step-by-step guides and more for the Data Layers Module in LandApp on your Android or Apple device.

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Explore LandApp Pro's Nationwide Data Layers

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Land Data

Within the land data layer on a LandApp Pro subscription, you can view land uses for properties across the country.

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Solar Data

View solar exclusion zones, buildable acreage, solar farm locations across the country, and electrical grid infrastructure maps.

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Wind Data

View wind farm exclusion zones, buildable acreage, wind turbine locations across the country, and electrical grid infrastructure maps.

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EV Data

Find EV charging stations across the U.S. organized by type, major roads & highway maps, key amenity locations, and more.

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Topography Data

Instantly view different topography levels broken down by 5%, 8%, 12%, and 15% slope on a nationwide level.

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Carbon Data

Uncover which regions are most and least valuable for carbon credits with LandApp's Carbon Value heat map.

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Contamination Data

Find the exact locations of Superfund sites, contaminated sites, underground storage tanks, and abandoned wells nationwide.

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Soil Data

In the soil data layer, you can instantly uncover soil quality and soil classes across the U.S. along with prime farmland classifications.

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Water Data

Find the location of water wells, dams, and aquifiers across the United States in the Water Data layer.

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Oil & Gas Data

View the location & details of producing, drilled, permitted, services, and abandoned wells and pipelines across the country.

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Trees Data

View the location of groups of trees and forests across the country. Get extensive information on tree species, tree age, and more.

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Minerals Data

Find the location of mines & the types of minerals being mined at each location along with detailed bedrock data.

Evaluate Land Usage

Understanding the different land categories present and how the estimated value is assigned to the different categories is important for understanding property value and discovering opportunities to increase property value. 

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Land Usage & Land Categories

The land usage map outlines specific land usage types and crops grown in specific regions. You can zoom in on the map to view specific land usage types, and expand the land usage window to view a legend that outlines the specific land usage types.

Land Data Layer

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Learn More About Land Data & Land Values

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View Solar Exclusion Zones & Buildable Acreage

View solar farm development exclusion zones across the United States.

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Buildable Acreage

Discover exclusion zones for solar farm development by viewing maps for floodzones, wetlands, State Parks, hazardous sites, and more. Turn on and off specific exclusion zones on the map by clicking the eye icon next to each exclusion zone.

Solar Data Layer

Find Solar Farm Locations & View Energy Grid Maps

Find the location and status of solar farms, transmission lines, and substations across the United States.

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Electrical Infrastructure

View active, building, and planned solar farms across the nation and explore electrical grid infrastructure maps (transmission lines, substations, energy storage facilities). You can zoom in on the map for the specific electrical infrastructure locations and hover over each substation and solar farm on desktop for more details.

View the Highest-Value Regions for Solar Leasing

Utilize the Solar Index tab to view the solar value index score for specific regions at a glance. You must zoom in on the map for this function to work properly.

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Solar Index

Discover the best locations for solar farms across the country. The lighter a parcel is, the less valuable that parcel is for a solar lease. The darker a parcel is, the higher its estimated value for a solar lease. For more specific estimates, turn on the 'Ownership/ Parcel Boundaries' common layer, then click on the property to create a property report and navigate to the Solar Value Index Score.

Evaluate Rooftop & Parking Lot Solar Potential

View properties with rooftops and parking canopies that may be suitable for solar development.

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Rooftop Solar

View a map of rooftops that may be suitable for solar development (highlighted in blue) along with the electrical infrastructure map. You can click on a rooftop to create a property report for that property and view its estimated solar energy output and solar lease value.

View Regions with High & Low Solar Irradiance

Solar irradiance refers to the power per unity area received from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation. Find out which areas have the highest solar irradiance and are more valuable for solar leasing using this data layer.

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Solar Irradiance

See how efficiently the sun hits the earth across the United States using the solar irradiance heat map. The scale shows yellow to red. In yellow areas, there is less sunlight, so the solar irradiance is lower. In red areas, there is more sunlight, so the solar irradiance in that area is higher. Zoom in on the map to evaluate the solar irradiance for specific regions.

Floating Solar Panels

Learn More About Solar Data & Solar Leasing

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View Wind Exclusion Zones & Buildable Acreage

View wind farm development exclusion zones & buildable acreage across the United States.

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Buildable Acreage

Discover exclusion zones for wind farm development by viewing maps for floodzones, wetlands, State Parks, hazardous sites, and more. Turn on and off specific exclusion zones on the map by clicking the eye icon next to each exclusion zone.

Wind Data Layer

Find Wind Farm Locations & View Energy Grid Maps

Find the location and status of wind farms, transmission lines, and substations across the United States.

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Electrical Infrastructure

View nationwide electrical grid infrastructure maps and find the location of wind farms in the U.S. The legend, found underneath the Electrical Infrastructure tab when you scroll down, indicates what each icon represents. On the desktop version of LandApp, you can hover over each icon for more information.

View the Highest-Value Regions for Wind Leasing

Utilize the Wind Index tab to view the wind value index scores for specific regions at a glance. You must zoom in on the map for this function to work properly.

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Wind Index

Find out which areas in the U.S. are most valuable for wind lease opportunities. The lighter a parcel is, the less valuable that parcel is for a potential wind farm lease. The darker a parcel is, the higher its estimated value for a potential wind farm lease. To view specific wind lease estimates for a property, create a property report.

Evaluate Wind Speeds and Wind Direction

Wind speeds and wind strength is a critical factor when it comes to analyzing a property's suitability for a potential wind farm.  Find out which areas have higher wind speeds and are more valuable for wind leasing using the Wind Speeds data layer.

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Wind Speeds

See how fast or slow the average wind speed is in any given area. The longer a blue arrow is, the faster the wind speeds are. The shorter the arrow is, the slower the wind speeds are. You can zoom in on the map for more specific information about the wind speeds and wind directions for a particular location or property.

Wind Turbines

Learn More About Wind Data & Wind Leasing

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View EV Charging Exclusion Zones & Buildable Acreage

Within the EV charging data layer on a LandApp Pro subscription, you can discover exclusion zones for EV charging stations by viewing maps for floodzones, wetlands, State Parks, and more.

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Buildable Acreage

Find exclusion zones, showing areas on a specific property that may not be usable for an EV charging station, such as flood zones, dwellings, wetlands, and more. Utilize the legend to understand more about each exclusion zone and their specific locations, and toggle each exclusion zone on and off the map using the eye icon.

EV Charging Data Layer

Find the Highest-Value Areas for EV Charging

Utilize the EV Charging Index tab to view the EV Charging value index scores for specific regions or properties at a glance. You must zoom in on the map for this function to work properly.

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EV Index

Find out which areas in the U.S. are most valuable for EV charging stations. The lighter a parcel is, the less valuable that parcel is for an EV charging station. The darker a parcel is, the higher its estimated value for a potential EV charging station. Create a property report to view the specific index score for any property.

View Critical EV Infrastructure & Amenities

View EV charging infrastructure, maps of major roads and highways, amenities, and areas that are incentivizing EV charging development within the Infrastructure subtab in the EV Charging data layer.

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EV Infrastructure

View electrical grid information, active EV charging stations, amenities, and the locations of major roads and highways. You can zoom in on the map for location-specific information, and utilize the legend to understand the various amenities and proximity to major roads and highways near a specific location.

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Learn More About EV Charging Stations & Data

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Assess Soil Quality & Soil Classes

Discover the exact location of the 8 soil classifications across the country. Soil classifications are crucial to understand for building and property development. With LandApp Pro, you can access soil quality data nationwide.

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Soil Quality

View soil classifications and soil quality for any U.S. property. You can zoom in on the map and utilize the legend to see the specific locations of the 8 soil classes. To view soil details for a specific parcel, create a property report for that parcel.

Soil Data Layer

Find Prime Farmland & Farmland Classifications

Prime Farmland has an optimal combination of physical and chemical properties for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops, and is available for such uses. This land possesses the necessary soil quality, growing season, and moisture supply to consistently produce high crop yields when properly managed with appropriate farming techniques.

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Prime Farmland Classification

View the locations of prime farmland, farmland of unique importance, and more. You can zoom in on the map and utilize the legend for more location-specific data. To view soil data for a specific parcel, create a property report for that property.

Agricultural Fields

Learn More About Soil Types & Soil Data

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View Tree Data & Analyze Tree Coverage Regionally

Within the Trees data layer on a LandApp Pro subscription, you can view the location of groups of trees and forests across the country. For more extensive tree data that analyzes the specific type, age, and carbon sequestration potential of the trees on a property, select a property on the map and create a property report.

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Trees Data

Discover where carbon credits are most valuable across the country. by viewing where groups of trees and forests are located across the U.S. You must zoom in on the map for this function to work properly.

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Trees

Learn More About Tree Types & Tree Data

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Find the Highest Value Regions for Carbon Credits

Within the Carbon data layer on a LandApp Pro subscription, you can discover which areas of the country sequester the most carbon and are more valuable for carbon credit leases. 

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Carbon

The carbon value heatmap shows you which areas of the country are least and most valuable for carbon credits. Darker teal indicates areas that sequester a lot of carbon and are more valuable for carbon credit leases, while white indicates areas that sequester very little carbon, and are therefore not as valuable for carbon credits.

Carbon Data Layer

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Learn More About Carbon Credits & Carbon Data

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Find Aquifier Locations Nationwide

An aquifier is an underground layer of water-bearing material. With LandApp Pro, you can view the location and name of aquifiers across the country.

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Aquifiers

The Aquifiers map provides the location of aquifiers across the nation. You can zoom in on the map to view the specific location of each aquifier.

Water Data Layer

Evaluate Water Well & Dam Locations

A water well is a hole drilled into the ground to access water contained in an aquifer. View nationwide water well and dam locations with LandApp Pro in the Water Data Layer tab.

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Wells & Dams

The Wells & Dams map provides the location of water wells and water dams across the nation. You can zoom in on the map to view the specific location of water wells and dams. 

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Learn More About Water Rights & Water Data

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Analyze Topography and Elevation Nationwide

Topography defines the slope of land. There are various topographies— flat, hilly, mountainous, coastal, wetland, and urban— with various impacts on property development. 

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Topography

The topography map outlines areas ranging from 5-10% slope. You can zoom in on the map to view specific areas with 5-10% slope levels utilizing the legend to analyze specific topography data for a selected location.

Topography Data Layer

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Learn More About Topography Data

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Discover the Location & Status of Oil & Gas Wells

Within the Oil & Gas data layer on a LandApp Pro subscription, you can view the location of producing, drilled, permitted, services, and abandoned wells and pipelines across the country. On the desktop version of a LandApp account, you can hover over each well for more information.

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Oil & Gas

Discover the location and status of oil & gas wells and pipelines across the country. You can zoom in on the map to view the locations of oil & gas wells utilizing the legend to analyze the status of each well for a selected location.

Oil & Gas Data Layer

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Learn More About Oil & Gas Data & Minerals

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View Bedrock Data for the Entire U.S.

Access extensive map-based bedrock data with LandApp Pro's nationwide Mineral Resource subtab under the Mineral Data Layer.

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Mineral Resource

View the different types of bedrock across the country. You can zoom in on the map and utilize the legend for more specific location-based data. To find the bedrock type of a specific property, create a property report for that property.

Mineral Data Layer

Find Mining Sites & Minerals Extracted

View mining sites across the nation and analyze the mineral being extracted at each location in the Mines subtab in the Data Layers tool.

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Mines

View the specific locations of mines across the country. You can zoom in on the map and utilize the legend to learn more about each mining location. On the desktop version of LandApp Pro, you can hover over each mining site for more data.

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Learn More About Mineral Rights & Mining

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Find Superfund Sites, USTs, and Contaminated Land

View the exact location of underground storage tanks, Superfund sites, and contaminated sites in the Contamination Data Layer on LandApp Pro. Contaminated sites can impact property development and land values.

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Contamination

View the locations of UST's, contaminated sites, and Superfund sites across the United States. On the desktop version of LandApp, you can hover over each icon for more information about the contaminated site or underground storage tank.

Contamination Data Layer

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Learn More About Contamination Data

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