Land Use and Land Cover - Montana Land Cover Framework 2013
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Resource Abstract:
This statewide land cover theme is a baseline digital map of Montana's natural and human land cover. The baseline map is adapted
from the Northwest ReGAP project land cover classification, which used 30m resolution multi-spectral satellite imagery acquired
from 2002 through 2005. Vegetation classes were drawn from the Ecological System Classification developed by NatureServe (Comer
et al. 2003). The land cover classes were developed by Anderson et al. (1976). The NWGAP effort encompasses 12 map zones.
Montana overlaps seven of these zones. The two NWGAP teams responsible for the initial land cover mapping effort in Montana
were Sanborn and NWGAP at the University of Idaho. Both Sanborn and NWGAP employed a similar modeling approach in which Classification
and Regression Tree (CART) models were applied to Landsat ETM+ scenes. The Spatial Analysis Lab within the Montana Natural
Heritage Program was responsible for developing a seamless Montana land cover map with a consistent statewide legend from
these two separate products. Additionally, the Montana land cover layer incorporates several other land cover and land use
products (e.g., the National Land Cover Dataset, the National Wetlands Inventory, the National Hydrography Dataset, MSDI Structures
and Transportation themes, and the MT. Dept of Revenue Final Land Unit classification) and reclassifications based on plot-level
data and NAIP imagery to improve accuracy and enhance the usability of the theme. Additional updates to improve the accuracy
are conducted on an annual basis. New MSDI Land Cover themes will be made available through the Montana GIS Portal, hosted
by Natural Resource Information System (NRIS) on an annual basis. Additionally, previous versions will be archived and available
through the Montana GIS Portal. This version was last updated May 2013.
Citation
Title Land Use and Land Cover - Montana Land Cover Framework 2013
publication Date
2002-01-01
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FGDB RASTER DIGITAL DATA
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gis-inventory-metadata-3673-25426.xml
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publisher
organisation Name
Montana State Library
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, Helena, MT
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organisation Name
Montana Natural Heritage Program
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purpose:
Originally this land cover classification was an update of the GAP Analysis Program's mapping and assessment of biodiversity
for the five-state region encompassing Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Specifically, the primary objective
of the update was to identify biotic elements that are underrepresented on lands managed from their long term conservation.
Additionally, the updated Montana land cover layer may be used for analyses at the regional, sub-regional, and landscape levels;
it may also provide support for management disciplines, including timber, wildlife, fisheries, and recreation.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
annually
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or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on any system, nor shall this notice generated by the Ramona GIS Inventory
System or the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The data steward may have additional liability information
associated with delivery or distribution of this product.
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Use Constraints: Use of this grid is not recommended for fine-scale analyses (i.e. less than 1:100,000).
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version
FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2015-01-06
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