Geospatial data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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. Final products included a seamless GIS database in Arc/Info coverage and ArcView shapefile formats of detailed overstory and understory vegetation communities for the entire park, along with hardcopy maps plotted at 1:15,000 scale corresponding to the area covered by 25 individual USGS 7.5-minute topographic quadrangles (Figures 11 and 12). Each map sheet contains a color-coded legend and brief description of all vegetation classes found in GRSM. A demonstration of additional digital/hardcopy products that can be created for particular areas of interest as a result of the vegetation database development include color orthophoto mosaics and drapes of maps/images on the DEM to enhance visualization of vegetation patterns with respect to the terrain. Applications of the GRSM map/database products include: 1) vegetation assessment for general resource management tasks; and 2) utilization of the overstory and understory vegetation structure for classifying fuels and the associated risk of forest fire.

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