Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Wind Cave National Park
Cook TL. Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Wind Cave National Park. 1997-1999
The Wind Cave National Park Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project is part of the NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMI). The NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program utilizes the National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS), a classification system well integrated with the major scientific efforts in the taxonomic classification of vegetation. The classification system is a Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard for the physiognomic levels (coarser detail). Work continues on the floristic levels (fine detail) through both the FGDC Vegetation Subcommittee and the Ecological Society of America Vegetation Panel. The map class themes represent NVCS natural/semi-natural vegetation communities. Maps are produced in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), NAD83 datum with a 1:24,000 scale and a minimum mapping unit of 0.5 hectares. The vegetation maps must meet the National Map Accuracy Standards for positional accuracy and the minimum class accuracy goal across all vegetation and land cover classes of 80 percent. The Accuracy Assessment Spatial Database provides spatially referenced locations that were selected for field assessment to support a statistical analysis of a thematic AA of the vegetation spatial database coverage for the Wind Cave National Park Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project. For more documentation on the analysis methods and results, including the error contingency matrix, see the Project's technical report. Spatial data products include Aerial photography, Map classification, Map classification description and key, Spatial database of vegetation communities, hardcopy maps of vegetation communities, and Metadata for spatial databases. Non-spatial products include Vegetation classification, Dichotomous field key of vegetation classes, Formal description for each vegetation class, Ground photos of vegetation classes,and Field data in database format.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Cook, Tammy
- Units
- VMI , WICA
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, Biota, CAGR, Digital Spatial Database, Field Data, GIS, GPS, ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, International Vegetation Classification, National Park, National Vegetation Classification Standard, National Vegetation Classification System, NPS, NVCS, South Dakota, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, US Geological Survey, USA, USGS, USNVC, Vegetation, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Map, WICA, Wind Cave National Park
Program
Products
- Vegetation Information for the Wind Cave National Park Vegetation Inventory Project
- Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wind Cave National Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wind Cave National Park
- Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wind Cave National Park
- Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wind Cave National Park - Open Format Data Package