Albany County

Albany County (/ΛˆΙ”ΛlbΙ™niː/ awl-bΙ™-nee) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England (James VII of Scotland). As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204.[1] As originally established, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has only 530 square miles (1,400 km2) as of March 3, 1888. The county seat is Albany, the state capital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_County,_New_York

Kings Road Dunes

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Kings Road Dunes

I have been interested in the height of various dunes and had the LiDAR data loaded up, so I made hillshade - contour map of the dunes off Kings Road.

Cario

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Ortho Cario

Cario and the NY 23/32 Bypass with some hillshade to show the terrain.

Year Building – Constructed in Albany

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Year Building - Constructed in Albany

I used the NYSGIS tax point database with building years joined against the Albany County Tax Maps to make this pretty map that shows the year of building construction in the City of Albany, showing the steady march westward of sprawl in Albany neighborhoods.