This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Aerial photointerpretation was conducted by the Project Manager with the help of an assistant mapper between the fall of 2012 and fall of 2014, using the 2009 1-meter spatial resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery for the Utah portions of GLCA, and the 2010 1-meter spatial resolution NAIP for the Arizona portions of GLCA as the base image layers. The project used the program standard minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 0.5 ha with few exceptions.

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. Aerial photointerpretation was conducted by the Project Manager with the help of an assistant mapper between the fall of 2012 and fall of 2014, using the 2009 1-meter spatial resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery for the Utah portions of GLCA, and the 2010 1-meter spatial resolution NAIP for the Arizona portions of GLCA as the base image layers. The project used the program standard minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 0.5 ha with few exceptions. The majority of the mapping work was performed using ArcGIS editing tools and onscreen, heads-up digitizing, aided by ancillary datasets. Map classes were defined for the project by the primary photointerpreter (PI) with input from the GLCA Chief Scientist. A draft vegetation map and associated spatial database were completed for the Orange Cliffs section of GLCA in the summer of 2014 and for the remainder of GLCA/RABR in the late fall of 2014. Forty-eight map classes represented by 33,691 polygons were developed for GLCA/RABR. A total of 31,058 polygons represent 37 natural or semi-natural vegetation map classes covering 75% of the mapping project area. Eleven additional land use/land cover and geologic map classes describe 2,633 polygons (25% of the area). Average polygon size across all map classes is 23.1 ha (57.2 acres). Blackbrush Shrublands had the highest number of polygons (5,560) polygons covering 14.5% of the total vegetated mapping area.

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. Aerial photointerpretation was conducted by the Project Manager with the help of an assistant mapper between the fall of 2012 and fall of 2014, using the 2009 1-meter spatial resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery for the Utah portions of GLCA, and the 2010 1-meter spatial resolution NAIP for the Arizona portions of GLCA as the base image layers. The project used the program standard minimum mapping unit (MMU) of 0.5 ha with few exceptions. The majority of the mapping work was performed using ArcGIS editing tools and onscreen, heads-up digitizing, aided by ancillary datasets. Map classes were defined for the project by the primary photointerpreter (PI) with input from the GLCA Chief Scientist. A draft vegetation map and associated spatial database were completed for the Orange Cliffs section of GLCA in the summer of 2014 and for the remainder of GLCA/RABR in the late fall of 2014. Forty-eight map classes represented by 33,691 polygons were developed for GLCA/RABR. A total of 31,058 polygons represent 37 natural or semi-natural vegetation map classes covering 75% of the mapping project area. Eleven additional land use/land cover and geologic map classes describe 2,633 polygons (25% of the area). Average polygon size across all map classes is 23.1 ha (57.2 acres). Blackbrush Shrublands had the highest number of polygons (5,560) polygons covering 14.5% of the total vegetated mapping area.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted to as detailed a level as possible from high-resolution, 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color aerial photography. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes were delineated on Mylar overlays on aerial photographs (where signatures were confusing) and with the heads-up digitizing technique (where signatures had high contrast), then transferred to a spatial database. The project used the national program standard minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha with few exceptions.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted to as detailed a level as possible from high-resolution, 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color aerial photography. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes were delineated on Mylar overlays on aerial photographs (where signatures were confusing) and with the heads-up digitizing technique (where signatures had high contrast), then transferred to a spatial database. The project used the national program standard minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha with few exceptions.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted to as detailed a level possible from high-resolution, 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color aerial photography. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes were delineated directly on-screen through heads-up digitizing using ArcGIS editing tools and transferred to a spatial database. The project used the program standard minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha with few exceptions.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted to as detailed a level possible from high-resolution, 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color aerial photography. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes were delineated directly on-screen through heads-up digitizing using ArcGIS editing tools and transferred to a spatial database. The project used the program standard minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha with few exceptions.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted from high-resolution, true color digital orthoimagery and 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color photographs flown specifically for this project. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes defined by RMGSC, in consultation with other project partners, were delineated on orthophotos in a digital environment. With few exceptions, occurrences smaller than approximately 0.5 ha were not delineated.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Vegetation and land use were interpreted from high-resolution, true color digital orthoimagery and 9” x 9” stereo pairs of 1:12,000-scale true color photographs flown specifically for this project. Polygons representing vegetation or land use map classes defined by RMGSC, in consultation with other project partners, were delineated on orthophotos in a digital environment. With few exceptions, occurrences smaller than approximately 0.5 ha were not delineated.

This reference contains the imagery data used in the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Orthophotos, raw imagery, and scanned aerial photos are common files held here. Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc. acquired color infrared, stereo pair, 1:12,000 scale aerial photography for a digital orthophoto mosaic of GARI on March 27, 2003, during leaf-off conditions. The aerial photographs were delivered to the NPS, quality checked, accepted as provided, and sent to NCSU. Upon receipt at NCSU, the aerial photographs were counted to make sure that none were missing, scanned and saved in TIFF format, and placed in the data archive that NCSU maintains for the NPS Northeast Region Inventory & Monitoring Program. Associated data and information provided by Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc. that are also stored in the data archive include the airborne global positioning system (GPS) and inertial mapping unit (IMU) data files, the camera calibration certificate, and a digital flight index map.