City Maps

Due to the ongoing winter storm, City facilities, including City Hall and all Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities, will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 18. This is due to the forecasted winter storm resulting in dangerous travel conditions.

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The Lawrence Atlas is a map where users can view information about Lawrence. Search an address, view aerial photography, find historic properties, discover if a property is in the flood plain, measure and draw on the map and print to PDF, JPG or other file formats.

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The Download Lawrence Imagery map allows users to search addresses or locations to discover and download aerial imagery files.

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Brick Sidewalk Permissive Area Address Lookup

Brick Sidewalk Permissive Area Address Lookup - search an address to see where brick sidewalks are allowed per the Brick Streets & Sidewalk Policy.

Crime Map

Crime Map of Lawrence, KS - visual representation of present and past criminal activity

Citizen Connect

View locations of permits, planning applications, code compliance cases, and licenses that the City has processed within Lawrence and Douglas County.

City Facilities

Interactive map of City Facilities

Environmental Baseline Map

Prime Soils Map

Snow Operations Map

Snow Operations Information and Maps

Special Assessment Parcel Map

Interactive map of certified special assessments in Lawrence.

Stormwater Program Map

Street Maintenance Program Map

Transit routes

View Lawrence Transit Bus Routes

Traffic Counts

View Traffic Counts Map

Traffic Camera Map

View Traffic Camera Map

Trash, Yard Waste and Recycling Pick-Up Days

View trash, yard waste and recycling pick-up days through the city.

Truck Routes

Interactive map

The tables below list GIS data sets available for download. All data are in the State Plane Coordinate System, Zone: Kansas North, FIPS Zone: 1501, Datum: NAD83, Units: Feet. Metadata in XML format is included with all files.

Before using any of the datasets, please read the liability disclaimer (Readme.txt) included in each ZIP archive.

Report any problems to mseybold@lawrenceks.org.

Basemap Layers

Name	Description	Format	Update Status	Date Updated	File (Size)
Aerial Imagery	Search an address or location to discover aerial imagery files for download.	Application	Periodic	10-14-2024	View Map N/A
Building Footprint	Outline of building footprints in Lawrence. Partial update completed fall of 2016.	Shapefile	Periodic	5-7-2021	BuildingFootprint.zip (6.8 MB)
Streets	Road centerlines for Lawrence and all of Douglas County	Shapefile	Continual	5-31-2023	Streets.zip (2.9 MB)

Boundary Layers

Name	Description	Format	Update Status	Date Updated	File (Size)
City Limits	City boundaries for Douglas County incorporated towns	Shapefile	As needed	5-31-2023	CityLimits.zip (< 1 MB)

Planning Layers

Name	Description	Format	Update Status	Date Updated	File (Size)
Prime Soils	Prime agricultural class 1 & class 2 soils derived from the USDA Soil Survey(SSURGO)	Shapefile	Completed	1-1-2008	Prime_Soils.zip (1.1 MB)
Zoning	Zoning classifications for Lawrence and rural Douglas County	Shapefile	Continual	5-31-2023	Zoning.zip (1.9 MB)

Elevation Layers

Name	Description	Format	Update Status	Date Updated	File (Size)
Contours 2021	Two foot interval contour elevation lines derived from 2021 Douglas County LiDAR project. Data collected January 21-23, 2021.	DWG	Completed	06-03-2021	Download site

Transit Layers

Name	Description	Format	Update Status	Date Updated	File (Size)
Coordinated Transit Feed Data	Lawrence transit routes, bus stops and schedule available in the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) format.	GTFS	Continuous	N/A	Download site