Filters: Tags: Isle Royale National Park (X) > partyWithName: USGS BRD Center for Biological Informatics (X)

Filters Date Range Past year (0) Past month (0) Past week (0) Past day (0) Custom range... To   Search Contacts USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Tag Types Theme (1) Place (1) Tag Schemes None (1) View Results as: JSON ATOM CSV

Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data The National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has implemented a program to "develop a uniform hierarchical vegetation methodology" at a national level. The program will also create a geographic information system (GIS) database for the parks under its management. The purpose of the data is to document the state of vegetation within the NPS service area during the 1990's, thereby providing a baseline study for further analysis at the Regional or Service-wide level. The vegetation units of this map were determined through stereoscopic interpretation of aerial photographs supported by field sampling and ecological analysis. The vegetation... Tags: Aerial Information Systems, Center for Biological Informatics, Environmental System Research Institute, Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, All tags... Michigan, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Geological Service, association, community, land cover, land use, vegetation, Fewer tags