Base map information for the County of Los Angeles. These City Boundaries are based on the Los Angeles County Seamless Cadastral Landbase. The Landbase is...
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This layer represents current city boundaries within Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works provides the most current shapefiles representing </SPAN><A href="http://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/2013/01/03/city-boundaries/"><SPAN>city boundaries</SPAN></A><SPAN>and </SPAN><A href="http://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/2013/06/11/city-annexations/"><SPAN>city annexations</SPAN></A><SPAN>on the Los Angeles County GIS Data Portal. True, legal boundaries are only determined on the ground by surveyors licensed in the State of California. Numerous records are freely available at the </SPAN><A href="http://dpw.lacounty.gov/apps/survey/landrecords/"><SPAN>Land Records Informaiton</SPAN></A><SPAN>website, hosted by the Department of Public Works.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Principal attributes include:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">CITY_NAME: </SPAN><SPAN>represents the city's name.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">CITY_TYPE: </SPAN><SPAN>may be used for definition queries; "Unincorporated" or "City".</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">FEAT_TYPE: </SPAN><SPAN>identifies the feature that each polygon represents:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Land </SPAN><SPAN>- This value is used for polygons representing the land masses, if you want to see only land features on your map.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Pier </SPAN><SPAN>- This value is used for polygons representing piers along the coastline. One example is the Santa Monica Pier.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Breakwater </SPAN><SPAN>- This value is used for polygons representing man-made barriers that protect the harbors.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Water </SPAN><SPAN>- This value is used for polygons representing navigable waters inside the harbors and marinas.</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">3NM Buffer </SPAN><SPAN>- This value is used for polygons representing the three seaward nautical miles within the cities' limits, per the Submerged Lands Act.</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">POPULATION</SPAN><SPAN>: Information in this field is supplied by Mark Greninger (mgreninger@cio.lacounty.gov).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Reference Date: </SPAN><SPAN>2013</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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