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Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 25, 2026 | Last Modified: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
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. Mapping began in earnest in 2007 by re-sampling the 2002 imagery to a 3-meter pixel resolution and then segmenting it using eCognition software. Initial segments were created to delineate obvious landforms (e.g. open water and fields) and physiognomic features (e.g. grasslands versus woodlands). Following segmentation, the lines were exported as ArcInfo shapefiles and converted to ArcInfo coverages. The resulting coverages were run through a series of smoothing routines until no obvious artificial or relict breaks in the lines were visible. Following smoothing, the line-work was manually cleaned to remove extraneous lines, small polygons, and polygons that obviously split a homogenous stand of vegetation.

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