Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Publication_Date: 20060831 Title: DEWA_Vegetation_2006_public Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Publication_Date: 20060831 Title: Spatial Vegetation Data for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Vegetation Mapping Project Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Document: final technical report Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ftp/vegmapping/dewa/dewa.zip Online_Linkage: http://nrdata.nps.gov/dewa/dewadata/ Description: Abstract: Vegetation map of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area provides local park-specific names for vegetation types, as well as crosswalks to the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS), including association, alliance and formation level attributes. Crosswalks to the NVCS were determined on 29 June 2006. Purpose: To provide an up-to-date digital geospatial vegetation database containing base line information about the park's vegetation associations to the park's resource managers in order to ensure effective, long-term management of the natural resources held in trust. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20060831 Currentness_Reference: 20060831 Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and environs Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.281698 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.153808 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.858207 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.773127 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: vegetation association Theme_Keyword: vegetation classification Theme_Keyword: National Park Service Theme_Keyword: vegetation map Theme_Keyword: vegetation alliance Theme_Keyword: vegetation formation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania Place_Keyword: New Jersey Taxonomy: Keywords/Taxon: Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Taxonomic_Keywords: Standardized National Vegetation Classification System Taxonomic_Keywords: vegetation classification Taxonomic_Keywords: alliance Taxonomic_Keywords: community association Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom Taxon_Rank_Value: Plantae Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Contact_Position: Ecologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 208 Airport Drive City: Middletown State_or_Province: Pennsylvania Postal_Code: 10755 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (717) 948-3962 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (717) 948-3957 Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The Kappa index for the preliminary vegetation association map was 55.0% ± 2.5%, with the overall percent accuracy calculated as 56.1%. The Kappa index and errors of commission and omission reported for the vegetation association map and many vegetation associations fall below the USGS/NPS vegetation mapping protocol requirement of 80%. However, this low level of accuracy is typical for vegetation mapping efforts of large parks. Based on the thematic accuracy assessment data, the preliminary vegetation association map was revised and corrected to create the final vegetation association map depicted in this shapefile. Therefore, the thematic accuracy of this final vegetation association map is greater than that reported above for the preliminary vegetation association map. However, re-assessing the thematic accuracy of the final vegetation association map would require another round of intensive field sampling. The costs of a second round of sampling do not seem justified simply to quantify the level of increased accuracy in the final map. Logical_Consistency_Report: Check Topology script was run on shapefile in ArcView 3.2. No silvers or gaps were found. Completeness_Report: Shapefile covers entire park area. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: A vegetation cover type map was delineated from a 2002 digital aerial photo mosaic. Then, 251 vegetation plots were sampled in the park. These data were analyzed to determine the number and distribution of vegetation associations present in the park. The vegetation cover type map was then revised and attributed with the association names. Then 1,130 thematic accuracy assessment points were randomly placed within the association map, following a stratified random sampling plan. Based on the accuracy assessment data, the association map was revised further. Process_Date: 20060831 Process_Step: Process_Description: Five polygons were identified to contain sensitive information and were merged into surrounding polygons to protect the location information Process_Date: 20070201 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4682 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 18 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000016 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000016 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: DEWA_Vegetation_2006_public Entity_Type_Definition: attribute from shapefile table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ALLIANCEID Attribute_Definition: record number of polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: Add Record Number script in ArcView 3.2 Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: unqiue number for each polygon Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEG_STRC Attribute_Definition: vegetation structure, leaf phenology and hydrologic regime of vegetation in polygon Attribute_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: vegetation structure, leaf phenology and hydrologic regime of vegetation in polygon Attribute: Attribute_Label: FUEL_MODEL Attribute_Definition: fire behavior fuel model Attribute_Definition_Source: Anderson (1982) Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Anderson (1982) fire behavior fuel models Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FORM_NAME Attribute_Definition: formation level vegetation type Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System formation-level vegetation type names Attribute: Attribute_Label: FORM_CODE Attribute_Definition: code for formation level vegetation type Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System code for formation-level vegetation types Attribute: Attribute_Label: CVR_CLSS Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 0 - 20% canopy cover Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Finney (1998) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 21 - 50% canopy cover Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Finney (1998) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 51 - 80 % canopy cover Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Finney (1998) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 81 - 100% Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Finney (1998) Attribute_Definition: canopy cover class Attribute_Definition_Source: FARSITE model, Finney (1998) Attribute: Attribute_Label: SIG_DEAD Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Y Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: denotes concentrations of dead and dying trees, typically eastern hemlocks Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no dense concentrations of dead and dying trees, normal natural level of mortality Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Attribute_Definition: concentrations of dead and dying trees, typically eastern hemlocks Attribute_Definition_Source: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Attribute: Attribute_Label: LOCAL_NAME Attribute_Definition: local park-specific name for vegetation type Attribute_Definition_Source: Fike 1999, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Walz et al 2006, New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: park-specific local names for vegetation association Attribute: Attribute_Label: ALLIA_CODE Attribute_Definition: code for alliance-level vegetation type Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System code for alliance-level vegetation types Attribute: Attribute_Label: ASSOC_SCI Attribute_Definition: scientific name for vegetation association Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System scientific name for vegetation associations Attribute: Attribute_Label: ASSOC_ENG Attribute_Definition: English name for vegetation association Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System English name for vegetation associations Attribute: Attribute_Label: ASSOC_CODE Attribute_Definition: code for vegetation association Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System CEGL code for vegetation associations Attribute: Attribute_Label: ALLIAN_SCI Attribute_Definition: scientific name for vegetation alliance Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System scientific name for vegetation alliances Attribute: Attribute_Label: ALLIAN_ENG Attribute_Definition: English name for vegetation alliance Attribute_Definition_Source: National Vegetation Classification System Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: National Vegetation Classification System English name for vegetation alliances Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS BRD Center for Biological Informatics Contact_Person: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Room 8000, MS 302 City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80225 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4219 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. 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