Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Saguaro National Park
Cook TL. Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for Saguaro National Park. 2008-2021
The Saguaro National Park 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
- Units
- SAGU , 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
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park
- Imagery data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park
- Vegetation inventory, mapping and characterization re-port, Saguaro National Park: Volume I, main report
- Vegetation inventory, mapping, and characterization report, Saguaro National Park: Volume II, association summaries
- Vegetation inventory, mapping, and characterization report, Saguaro National Park: Volume III, type descriptions
- Report Supplements and Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park
- Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park - Open Format Data Package