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Data Category	Data Type	High-level Details	Data Provider	Frequency of Updates	Verified by LightBox?	Coverage
Base Map Imagery	Aerial and Road Imagery	Base imagery and functionality for Map images.	Bing Maps			National 100%
Base Map Imagery	Topography Imagery	Information about the elevation of the surface of the Earth	United States Geological Survey (USGS)	As USGS updates their topography base imagery.		National 100%
Land Data	Parcel Boundaries	The outline of a parcel that is designated by the county.	County GIS	Top metros are updated annually, while other metros is updated once every 3 years; Many counties are updated more frequently than annually and smaller metro and rural areas are generally updated every 2-3 years, but there is no hard and fast rule.		National 100%, where counties do have parcel boundaries.
Land Data	Zoning	Structured zoning, permitted uses, parking requirements, and zoning ordinance links.	Zoning Jurisdiction /LightBox Fulfillment Team	Per job (unless the user skips verification). The fulfillment team will upload a zoning shapefile if they are able to in order to fulfill a job. Fulfillment team is responsible for updating/loading zoning layers.	x	Out of the Box - 16,000 jurisdictions
Hazards	Flood Zones (DFIRM)	Areas that are prone to flooding.	Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	Daily, if there is an update from a county.		National 100%
Hazards	Wetlands	Areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time.	U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife	As USDFW updates their shapefiles and data.		National 100%
Hazards	Seismic Risk and Faults	Areas that are more susceptible to earthquakes.	United States Geological Survey (USGS)	Annually		National 100%
Improvement Data	Building Footprints	Explore nationwide coverage of building shapes greater than 250 square feet for more than 99% of the US population.	BFUSA			National 99.0%, Improvements data dependent on county assessor collection.
Assessment & Taxes	Tax Roll	Official record of property subject to property tax within a given jurisdiction.	County Assessor > Black Knight	Annually on a rolling basis per county (unless the user skips verification); Entire US updated approximately annually from County Assessor sources. LightBox offers verification services as a standard offering to confirm annually updated data with the data currently available on the County Assessor’s website.	x	National 98.7%
Assessment & Taxes	Tax Attributes	Special attributes that are not standardized by Black Knight. EX: Base taxes, Special Assessment, Tax Rate, etc.	County Assessor	Per non-skipped job and where data is verifiable by online resources.	x
Assessment & Taxes	Tax History	Historical record of property subject to property tax within a given jurisdiction.	County Assessor > Black Knight	Annually on a rolling basis per county (unless the user skips verification); Entire U.S. updated approximately annually from County Assessor sources.		National 98.7%
Ownership	Sales/Transactions	Historical property sales and loan/financing data.	County Recorder > Black Knight	Updated weekly in majority of areas, with less populous areas updated every 2-4 weeks. There is a 2-8 week lag from the County Recorder’s office (source). Full Market Sale is typically an annual delivery of the assessor tax roll. Transactions which could be a market sale, change of owner name, second mortgage on the property is typically 3 + weeks to be updated in application data.		National 100% (Some non-disclosure states like TX, etc. may be missing)
Market Analysis	Demographics	Population, Age, Household Income, Home Values, etc.	EASI Demographics	Annually, around September.		National, Not including U.S. Virgin Islands.
Neighborhood	Crime	FBI Index Model	EASI Demographics	Annually, around September.		National, Not including U.S. Virgin Islands.
Neighborhood	School	School District Name, Boundaries and School Locations	ATTOM - Name and Boundaries. NCES - School Locations	Annually		National
Neighborhood	Neighborhood	Neighborhood Name, Sub-Neighborhood Name and boundaries	ATTOM	Annually		National

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