Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for National Capital Region Parks
Cook TL. Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project for National Capital Region Parks. 2005-2024. National Park Service
The National Capital Region Parks 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
- ANTI , CATO , CHOH , GWMP , HAFE , MANA , MONO , NACE , NCR , NCRN , PRWI , ROCR , VMI , WOTR
- 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
- Inventory and Monitoring Division, Vegetation Mapping Program
- National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCRN)
Products
- Baseline vegetation mapping of National Capital Region parks in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia: Part 1—final report
- Report Supplements and Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of National Capital Region Parks
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Antietam National Battlefield
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Catoctin Mountain Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Monocacy National Battlefield
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of National Capital Parks-East
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Prince William Forest Park
- Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
- Aerial Photograph (Color Infrared) 2004, Catoctin Mountain Park
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared C&O Canal National Historical Park
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared National Capital Parks-East
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared Prince William Forest Park
- Aerial Photography 2004, Color Infrared Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
- Antietam National Battlefield Park Color Infrared (CIR) Mosaic - 2004
- Monocacy National Battlefield color infrared (CIR) image mosaic - UTM, NAD83, meters