These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Mesa Verde National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

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. The project team also developed a spatial vegetation map database representing MEVE, with three different map-class schemas: base, group, and management map classes. The base map classes represent the finest level of spatial detail. Initial polygons were developed using Definiens Professional (at the time of our use, this software was called eCognition), assisted by interpretation of 1:12,000 true-color digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles (DOQQs). These polygons (base map classes) were labeled using manual photo interpretation of the DOQQs and 1:12,000 true-color aerial photography. Field visits verified interpretation concepts. The vegetation map database includes 46 base map classes, which consist of associations, alliances, and park specials classified with quantitative analysis, additional associations and park specials noted during photointerpretation, and non-vegetated land cover, such as infrastructure, land use, and geological land cover. The base map classes consist of 5,007 polygons in the project area. A field-based accuracy assessment of the base map classes showed overall accuracy to be 43.5%. Seven map classes comprise 89.1% of the park vegetated land cover.

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. The project team also developed a spatial vegetation map database representing MEVE, with three different map-class schemas: base, group, and management map classes. The base map classes represent the finest level of spatial detail. Initial polygons were developed using Definiens Professional (at the time of our use, this software was called eCognition), assisted by interpretation of 1:12,000 true-color digital orthophoto quarter quadrangles (DOQQs). These polygons (base map classes) were labeled using manual photo interpretation of the DOQQs and 1:12,000 true-color aerial photography. Field visits verified interpretation concepts. The vegetation map database includes 46 base map classes, which consist of associations, alliances, and park specials classified with quantitative analysis, additional associations and park specials noted during photointerpretation, and non-vegetated land cover, such as infrastructure, land use, and geological land cover. The base map classes consist of 5,007 polygons in the project area. A field-based accuracy assessment of the base map classes showed overall accuracy to be 43.5%. Seven map classes comprise 89.1% of the park vegetated land cover.

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saratoga National Historical Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Saguaro National Park. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

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. The SCPN acquired new aerial photography of MEVE through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Aerial Photography Field Offi ce (APFO). APFO subcontractor Foto Flight Geomatics, of Tucson, Arizona, acquired the imagery on July 10, 2003, and July 2, 2004. Because of dry and excessively windy conditions during 2003, they did not complete the flights until 2004. The imagery was taken in true color, at a scale of 1:12,000, with 20–40% sidelap and 50–60% overlap. The APFO provided two sets of 9 × 9-in contact prints to the SCPN. The FORT and RMGSC mapping team used the images for reference during polygon delineation and labeling. At project completion, one set of contact prints will reside at MEVE and one at the SCPN. Figure 3.1.2.1 shows the fl ight lines and photo centers. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Remote Sensing and GIS Group assisted the SCPN in obtaining DOQQ images through a contract with Horizons Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota. True-color DOQQs at 1:12,000-scale were acquired on September 15, 2003.

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. The SCPN acquired new aerial photography of MEVE through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Aerial Photography Field Offi ce (APFO). APFO subcontractor Foto Flight Geomatics, of Tucson, Arizona, acquired the imagery on July 10, 2003, and July 2, 2004. Because of dry and excessively windy conditions during 2003, they did not complete the flights until 2004. The imagery was taken in true color, at a scale of 1:12,000, with 20–40% sidelap and 50–60% overlap. The APFO provided two sets of 9 × 9-in contact prints to the SCPN. The FORT and RMGSC mapping team used the images for reference during polygon delineation and labeling. At project completion, one set of contact prints will reside at MEVE and one at the SCPN. Figure 3.1.2.1 shows the fl ight lines and photo centers. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Remote Sensing and GIS Group assisted the SCPN in obtaining DOQQ images through a contract with Horizons Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota. True-color DOQQs at 1:12,000-scale were acquired on September 15, 2003.