Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
2009. Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. GIS Database: Project Size = 928,373 acres o Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve = 753,222 acres o NPS Land = 469,601 acres o Environs = 175,558 acres Base Imagery = 2007, 4-band, 12 bit, 1-meter, 1:12,000-scale ortho-image 50 Map Units = 34 Vegetated, 3 Geology, and 13 Land-use/Land-cover Minimum Mapping Unit = ½ hectare, modified to ¼ acre for kipukas, wetlands and riparian polygons. Total Size = 18,991 Polygons Average Polygon Size = 49 acres Overall Thematic Accuracy = 82%
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Date of Issue
- 2009-12
- Units
- CRMO , UCBN , VMI
- Keywords
- Accuracy Assessment, botanical survey, Classification, Geodatabase, Habitat Types, Imagery, National Vegetation Classification, NVC, NVCS, Plots, Releve, Relevé, Remote Sensing, USNVCS, Vegetation, Vegetation Inventory, Vegetation Map, Vegetation Mapping