<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This metadata record describes the creation of a 2007 update of the 2002 Land Use and Land Cover data set for the State of Delaware. The land use update was based on aerial imagery collected in the summer of 2007. The imagery was collected with 4 bands: B, G, R, and NIR. The update was performed using statistical differencing techniques to identify changed areas. Areas of change were photointerpreted by an analyst. The work was performed by the Sanborn Map Company, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The 2002 land use data were based on the 1997 land-use data of the State and 2002 false color infrared digital orthophotography at a scale of 1:2400.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>