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Glacier National Park

(This includes Waterton Lakes National Park)

Products available:

  • Vegetation Information
    • Project Report ( 12M) (Full Document)
    A Vegetation Report, containing the following items:
    - Accuracy Assessment Methods and Results
    Appendices ( 31M) (Full Document)
    A Vegetation Appendices, containing the following items:
    - Vegetation Descriptions
    - Vegetation Key
    - Photos of Map Classes
  • Field Data
    • Graphic showing location of field sites "glacplots.pdf" (546K)
    Self extracting files containing Spatial Field Plots Data "glacplot.exe" (127k)
    (Includes Waterton Lakes National Park Field Plots Data)
    Field Data (MDB) - contains PLOTS data, AA Data and Species List "glacdata.mdb" (32.8M)
    MS Excel format of Physical Descriptive Data for Plots (1.72M)
    MS Excel format of Species List Data for Plots (8.38M)
  • Geospatial Vegetation Information
    • Graphic of Vegetation Communities "glacveg.pdf" (556K)
    Large Graphic of Vegetation Communities "glacveg_large.pdf" (2.4M)
    Self extracting files containing Spatial Vegetation Data "glac.exe" (124M)
    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Spatial Vegetation Data, please download glac.exe)
    Self extracting files containing Spatial Boundary Data "glacbdy.exe" (154k)
    (Includes Waterton Lakes National Park Boundary Data)
    Plots and AA Photos (1.11G)
  • Accuracy Assessment Information
    • Graphic of Accuracy Assessment Points "glacaa.pdf" (538K)
    Self extracting files containing Spatial AA Points Data "glacaa.exe"(157k)
    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Accuracy Assessment Data, please download glacaa.exe)
    MS Excel format of Contingency Table "aa_matrix.xls" (96.5k)
  • Project Metadata
    • Accuracy Assessment ( 47K)
    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Accuracy Assessment Metadata, please download glacaa.exe)
    Boundary ( 28K)
    (Glacier National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park Boundary Metadata has one metadata for both parks)
    Field Plots ( 41K)
    (Glacier National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park Field Plots Metadata has one metadata for both parks)
    Spatial Vegetation Data (140K)
    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Spatial Vegetation Metadata, please download glac.exe)
  • Program Tools

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    National Park Service Information about Glacier

    Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada


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