Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Cook TL. Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. 2009-2015. National Park Service
The Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project is part of the NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMI). The NPS Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program uses 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.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Cook, Tammy
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BICA , VMI
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, Biota, Digital Spatial Database, Field Data, GIS, GPS, ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover, International Vegetation Classification, National Park, National Park Service, National Vegetation Classification Standard, National Vegetation Classification System, NPS, NVCS, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, US Geological Survey, USA, USGS, USNVC, Vegetation, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Map
Program
Products
- Vegetation classification and mapping project report: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area [and associated files]
- Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
- Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
- Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area - Open Format Data Package