U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 200310 Final map USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project Denver, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics The spatial database was prepared by the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center for the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program provided ecological and vegetation classification support. http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/acad/acad.zip http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?p=default&b=base1&q=http%3A%2F%2Fgis1.usgs.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fnvcp%2FAcadia_NP%2FMapServer&x=-7623236.370462887&y=5499327.52429862&l=10&v= http://gis1.usgs.gov/arcgis/rest/services/nvcp/Acadia_NP/MapServer doi:10.5066/F7JH3J49 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) has produced the Vegetation Spatial Database Coverage (vegetation map) for the Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project, USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program (VMP). The vegetation map is of Acadia National Park (NP) and extended environs, providing 99,693 hectares (246,347 acres) of map data. Of this coverage, 52,872 hectares (130,650 acres) is non-vegetated ocean, bay, and estuary (53% of coverage). Acadia NP comprises 19,276 hectares (47,633 acres) of the total data coverage area (19%, 40% not counting ocean and estuary data). Over 7,120 polygons make up the coverage, each with map class description and, for vegetation classes, physiognomic feature information. The spatial database provides crosswalk information to all National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) floristic and physiognomic levels, and to other established classification systems (NatureServe?s U.S. Terrestrial Ecological System Classification, Maine Natural Community Classification, and the USGS Land Use and Land Cover Classification). This mapping project has identified 53 NVCS associations (vegetation communities) at Acadia National Park through analyses of vegetation sample data. These associations are represented in the map coverage with 33 map classes. With all vegetation types, land use classes, and park specific categories combined, 57 map classes define the ground features within the project area (58 classes including the class for no map data). Each polygon within the spatial database map is identified with one of these map classes. In addition, physiognomic modifiers are added to map classes representing vegetation to describe the vegetation structure within a polygon (density, pattern, and height). The spatial database was produced from the interpretation of spring 1997 1:15,840-scale color infrared aerial photographs. The standard minimum mapping unit (MMU) applied is 0.5 hectares (1.25 acres). The interpreted data were transferred and automated using base maps produced from USGS digital orthophoto quadrangles. The finished spatial database is a single seamless coverage, projected in Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 19, with datum in North American Datum of 1983. The estimated overall thematic accuracy for vegetation map classes is 80%. The Vegetation Spatial Database Coverage (vegetation map) was produced for the Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project, USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. The focus of this metadata report centers on the vegetation map itself and not necessarily on vegetation classification or accuracy assessment. Although references are made to classification and accuracy assessment, their full documentation is found in separate metadata reports and in the Project?s technical report. Of the 58 map classes used to define polygons of the vegetation map, 33 represent the 53 NVCS natural/semi-natural associations (vegetation communities) identified with this project, as defined by NatureServe. Another 3 map classes represent NVCS natural/semi-natural types at the alliance or formation level, describing beach and tidal zone vegetation. There are 5 map classes categorized as cultural vegetation, representing NVCS vegetation at the formation level, 3 of which fall under the cultivated/planted subgroup. 4 map classes represent variations of small islands with vegetation (project-derived to map those islands that are > 0.1 hectares but less than the MMU). The USGS Land Use and Land Cover Classification (level II) define 7 land use map classes, and 3 non-vegetated bodies of water. Another 2 map classes are project-derived to map 2 other non-vegetated bodies of water that did not fit in the USGS classification. 1 map class describes areas of no map data; areas purposely not mapped yet fall within the overlying exterior project boundary. A detailed listing of all map classes and their link to the various parent classification systems (plus listing of physiognomic modifiers that are added to map classes representing vegetation) is provided in the Entity and Attribute Information section of this metadata report. They are also listed in the Project?s technical report. --- The Vegetation Spatial Database Coverage is available in ArcInfo Export (e00), Spatial Database Transfer Standard, and Shapefile formats on the Project?s CD-ROM. 19970527 19970528 ground condition Complete not applicable Acadia National Park and environs -69.000000 -67.996821 44.503848 43.995739 None National Park USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project Vegetation Map Digital Spatial Database Land Cover Land Use Photo Interpretation Vegetation Mapping Vegetation National Vegetation Classification Standard National Vegetation Classification System NVCS U.S. National Vegetation Classification USNVC International Vegetation Classification None Acadia National Park Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Schoodic Peninsula Isle au Haut Hancock County Maine USA None National Vegetation Classification Standard National Vegetation Classification System NVCS U.S. National Vegetation Classification USNVC International Vegetation Classification Alliance Association Vegetation Community Community Element Global Plant Community The Plants Database US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service 199612 database The Plants Database December 1996 National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana USDA, NRCS The Plants Database as of December 1996. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Web address: http://plants.usda.gov/. Version used in the PLOTS Database System (1997). http://plants.usda.gov/ This is the version of The PLANTS Database that is used in the The Nature Conservancy's PLOTS Database System (Version 1.1, 1997). Vegetation field sampling data were entered into a modified version of The PLOTS Database (The Nature Conservancy 1997) at the Maine Natural Areas Program, which (after checking the data for accuracy) was used to produce plot vegetation summaries and associated environmental information. To analyze vegetation patterns and classify types, we used Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA), Two-Way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN), and Indicator Species Analysis (ISA) within PC-ORD. An ordination technique, DCA arranges samples along derived axes according to compositional similarity. A divisive polythetic technique, TWINSPAN classifies samples and species, using a similar algorithm to that for DCA. The ISA identifies indicator species for user-defined groups of samples (in this case vegetation types) by calculating an indicator value based on a species? abundance and frequency in each of several defined groups, then using a Monte Carlo test to determine those that are significantly allied with one group as opposed to randomly distributed. Further references for all techniques can be found in the PC-ORD documentation (McCune and Mefford 1999). Whereas vegetation types were being developed and refined from the sample data, reference to the NVCS (Anderson et al. 1998) had to be maintained. The required consultations with TNC regional ecologists to (1) determine if an existing NVCS type fit the Acadia type; (2) if no existing NVCS type matched, whether it made sense to refine an existing type or to create a new type; and (3) if a new type was indicated, to name and describe that type. Kingdom Plantae None 1) Those using the database should understand the data and determine for themselves the fitness of the data prior to use. 2) For publication and dissemination, citations or credit should be given to the U.S. Geological Survey Center for Biological Informatics, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program. GIS software. USGS BRD Center for Biological Informatics USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/acad/acadvegmap.pdf Vegetation distribution of Acadia National Park and environs; low resolution for web browser (1 M file size). PDF The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program. UNIX-ARC/INFO U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center 200310 report USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project Denver, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics The Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project is a product of the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program (VMP), which is managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Biological Informatics (for more information on VMP, see larger work citation below). The mapping project is one of few listed as pilot, with purpose to test and explore protocols in mapping and classifying vegetation for the VMP. --- The project began with a planning meeting March 1997 at Acadia National Park (NP). Spring photography was collected May 1997, the baseline data for subsequent field efforts and mapping. Vegetation samples were collected over 3 field seasons (1997-1999), with the majority collected during the first 2 years. Photointerpretation and subsequent digital automation transpired during 1998 & 1999, with supporting fieldwork during the 1997 & 1998 field seasons. The first draft of the vegetation map was completed and distributed January 2000. Vegetation data analyses for vegetation classification development were performed during 1999 & 2000. Local vegetation community descriptions were completed 2001. Accuracy assessment field data was collected during the 1999 field season. The data was applied to the vegetation map with concluding results spring 2003. --- The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) provided project coordination and compiled all project data for distribution. The UMESC produced all spatial database sets: vegetation map, observation points, vegetation sample plots, accuracy assessment sites, and various other supporting coverages. The UMESC also performed the accuracy assessment of the vegetation spatial database coverage, prepared final project documentation discussing methods and results, and provided metadata reports. The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program provided ecological and vegetation support, vegetation field sampling (plot samples and accuracy assessment), data entry, vegetation analysis, methods and results documentation, and vegetation classification development (including vegetation community descriptions) based on the Federal Geographic Data Committee?s National Vegetation Classification Standard with floristic level types defined by NatureServe's International Vegetation Classification (association and alliance classes of the National Vegetation Classification System). Acadia NP provided staff to assist in field efforts including GPS navigation and collection, lodging, boat transportation, and knowledge of the local area. --- The Project provides a technical report with details regarding methods and results. Metadata documents are provided for the vegetation spatial database coverage (vegetation map), field reconnaissance observations, vegetation field plots (samples), accuracy assessment, aerial photography, and project boundaries. http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/acad.html U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Information 200304 online USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Overview Denver, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics Overview of USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program (taken from http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/about.html, May 2003): The USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program is a cooperative effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS) to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in more than 270 national park units across the United States. This landmark program is both the first to provide national-scale descriptions of vegetation for a federal agency and the first to create national vegetation standards for its data products. Its goal is to meet specific information needs identified by the National Park Service. --- The vegetation mapping program is an important part of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program, a long-term effort to develop baseline data for all national park units that have a natural resource component. It is managed by the USGS Center for Biological Informatics, a unique information center designed to help scientists, land managers, the public, and others locate and apply biological information. --- Program activities are based on peer-reviewed, objective science. Comprehensive vegetation information is provided at national and regional levels, while also serving local management needs of individual parks. Stringent quality control procedures ensure that products are accurate and consistent for initial inventory purposes and replicable for monitoring purposes. The spatially enabled digital products produced by the program are available on the World Wide Web. --- Program scientists have developed data collection procedures for classification, mapping, accuracy assessment, and use of existing data. Program products meet Federal Geographic Data Committee standards for vegetation classification and metadata, and national standards for spatial accuracy and data transfer. Standards include a minimum mapping unit of 0.5 hectares and classification accuracy of 80% for each map class. Nature Serve, an important partner in the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping program, is the caretaker of the National Vegetation Classification System, which is used by the program to classify vegetation communities. --- A report of project methods and results is provided at completion of individual projects. Project results include a rich set of data and information for each park project, as follows: --- Spatial Data: Aerial photography, Map classification, Map classification description and key, Spatial database of vegetation communities, Hardcopy maps of vegetation communities, Metadata for spatial databases, Complete accuracy assessment of spatial data, Vegetation Information. --- Vegetation classification: Dichotomous field key of vegetation classes, Formal description for each vegetation class, Ground photos of vegetation classes, Field data in database format. http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/index.html Based on results of a thematic accuracy assessment, the estimated overall accuracy for map classes representing National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) natural/semi-natural associations (vegetation communities) is 80%, with a kappa index of 79%. All polygon features were checked for topology and existence of label points using ArcInfo (Version 8.0.2). Each polygon begins and ends at the same point with the node feature. All nodes were checked for error so that there are no dangling features. There are no duplicate lines or polygons. All nodes were snapped together and polygons closed based on a specified tolerance. The tests for logical consistency were performed in ArcInfo. All data within the bounding coordinates are complete with polygons representing ground features at the time of aerial photographs. Each polygon is represented with an attribute in the form of a code that represents the map class and any special modifier classes when applicable. This attribute label is cross-referenced within the database attribute table, providing reference to other established classification systems, including all physiognomic and floristic levels of the NVCS. A 0.5-hectare (1.25 acre) minimum mapping unit was applied to all map classes, except for the small island categories, which were mapped to 0.1 hectares (0.25 acres). Photointerpretation data were spatially referenced by method of transferring photointerpreted polygon data to USGS 1:12,000-scale orthophoto base maps (hard copy maps plotted from 3.75-minute digital orthophoto quadrangles, DOQ). The map coverage is assumed to have a positional accuracy meeting U.S. National Map Accuracy Standards for DOQ maps. Aero-Metric, Inc. 199705 aerial photography USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project Sheboygan, Wisconsin Aero-Metric, Inc. Aerial photographs of Acadia National Park and environs were collected as baseline imagery data to produce the vegetation spatial database coverage for the Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project, USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. --- Participants of the mapping project?s initial scoping meeting (March 1997) agreed to acquire aerial photography of Acadia National Park and extended environs during spring 1997 so that fieldwork and mapping could get underway during the following summer and fall seasons. Aero-Metric, Inc. of Sheboygan, Wisconsin executed the aerial photography mission via contract with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (Project Number 1970520), a joint initiative with the U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) of La Crosse, Wisconsin. --- All park fee and easement lands and extended environs were successfully photographed May 27 and 28, 1997 using color infrared dia-positive transparent film (9 x 9 inch size). The photos were collected with an above ground level of 7,920 feet with a lens focal length of 6 inches, resulting in a photo scale of 1:15,840 (negative scale of 1 inch = 1,320 feet, or 4 inches = 1 mile). A 30% side lap (between each flight line) and 60% forward lap (along each flight line) collection standard insured full coverage and stereo viewing. 1179 photos were collected across 28 initial flight lines covering the entire project area. An additional 37 photos across 4 flight lines were re-flown over the mountainous areas of Mount Desert Island to adjust the photo scale of the high mountain terrain. In all, 1216 photos were collected. Two sets of contact prints were made from the original photo transparency film (one set for the field sampling process, and one set for the mapping process). 15840 photographic print 19970527 19970528 ground condition ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs Aerial images used for field work, photo interpretation, and subsequent map automation. U.S. Geological Survey 1991 orthoimage U.S. Geological Survey Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle Program 3.75-minute Menlo Park, California U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center Black & white (gray-scale) orthorectified images derived from aerial photographs taken May - July 1991. Projection is in Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 19, and datum in North American Datum of 1983, Geodedic Reference System 80 spheroid. 12000 photographs 1991 ground condition ACAD USGS 3.75-minute DOQ (USGS 1991) Geo-spatial images used for geo-referencing aerial photo interpretation data. U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center 2003 report USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project La Crosse, Wisconsin U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Map class codes and name descriptions developed specifically for the Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project. Includes crosswalk to the National Vegetation Classification System floristic and physiognomic levels (names and codes), Physiognomic - Hydrologic Groups, Maine Natural Community Classification, and U.S. Geological Survey Land Use and Land Cover Classification System (Level 2). Files pertaining to map classification lists and crosswalk to other classifications are available on the project's CD-ROM. Digital database file 2003 publication date ACAD Map Classification (UMESC 2003) Map classification defining map polygon data (both vegetation types and general land cover). U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 200310 Final map USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project Denver, Colorado U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics The spatial database was prepared by the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center for the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program provided ecological and vegetation classification support. http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/acad.html Digital database file 200310 publication date ACAD FINAL Vegetation Map (UMESC 2003) Geo-spatial database of polygon data showing locations of vegetation types and general land cover; final version. NatureServe 2003 Database Arlington, Virginia NatureServe NatureServe. 2003. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Central Databases, NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. http://www.natureserve.org/ online 2003 publication date NVCS Floristic Classes (NatureServe 2003) Vegetation classification (associations and community descriptions, 2003 version) to define natural/semi-natural vegetation types represented by the final version of the classification map. National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Vegetation Subcommittee 199706 June 1997 document Standards Vegetation Classification and Information Standards Reston, Virginia Federal Geographic Data Committee Federal Geographic Data Committee. 1997. Vegetation classification standard, FGDC-STD-005. http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/vegetation/index_html online 199706 publication date NVCS Physiognomic Classes (FGDC 1997) Standard vegetation classification system (physiognomic levels) used for vegetation classification structure. Anderson, M., P. Bourgeron, M. T. Bryer, R. Crawford, L. Engelking, D. Faber-Langendoen, M. Gallyoun, K. Goodin, D. H. Grossman, S. Landaal, K. Metzler, K. D. Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, L. Sneddon, and A. S. Weakley 1998 document Arlington, Virginia, USA The Nature Conservancy U.S. National Vegetation Classification listing of physiognomic and floristic classes. online 1998 publication date U.S. National Vegetation Classification (TNC 1998) Vegetation classification (associations 1998 version) to provide natural/semi-natural vegetation types represented by the draft (beta) version of the vegetation map. U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 200001 Beta map USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Acadia NP Vegetation Mapping Project La Crosse, Wisconsin U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center This BETA version of the Acadia NP vegetation spatial database was distributed to the VMP and Acadia NP for initial review and use. Because community vegetation classification was not sufficiently developed at the time of release, the BETA version is supported only with map classification information (map classes and physiognomic vegetation data). Digital database file 200001 publication date ACAD BETA Vegetation Map (UMESC 2000) Geo-spatial database of polygon data showing locations of vegetation types and general land cover; draft version used for product review. INTRODUCTION: --- The Vegetation Spatial Database Coverage (vegetation map) was produced for the Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project, USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program. The focus of this metadata report centers on the vegetation map itself and not necessarily on vegetation classification or accuracy assessment. Although references are made to classification and accuracy assessment, their full documentation is found in separate metadata reports and in the Project?s technical report. Acadia National Park (NP) required a high collaborative process between the mapping team, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC), and the ecology team, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), NatureServe, and Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP). In hopes to expedite the project, it was determined at the Project?s scoping meeting to proceed with the vegetation mapping simultaneous to (and thus, prior to) vegetation classification. Map classification and conventions in regard to natural/semi-natural vegetation types were developed based on concepts of the National Vegetation Classification System (NVCS) coupled with perceptions of the vegetation known at that time. Subsequent to mapping, vegetation analysis and classification development were completed, some with other than anticipated results. The vegetation map, therefore, went through substantial modifications to best accommodate the final version of the vegetation classification. Nevertheless, because of mapping prior to classification, some ambiguity exists between the map and vegetation classifications. 1999-2003 SCOPING MEETING: --- Participants from the USGS (Center for Biological Informatics and UMESC), National Park Service (Acadia NP, Boston office), TNC (eastern regional office and home office), and MNAP met March 25-26, 1997 at Acadia NP Headquarters, Bar Harbor, Maine to discuss the mapping project. Acadia NP staff became informed of the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program, and mapping and ecology teams learned about the Park?s management and science issues. A preliminary schedule with assigned tasks was developed and a project boundary was established. 1997 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY: --- Scoping meeting participants agreed to acquire aerial photography during spring 1997 so that fieldwork and mapping could get underway during the following summer and fall seasons. The UMESC collaborated with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to contract with Aero-Metric, Inc. (Sheboygan, WI) to fly the photo mission. Color infrared (CIR) photographs were collected May 27-28, 1997 at a scale of 1:15,840. In all, 1216 aerial photographs were successfully collected covering all Park fee and easement lands and extended environs. More details on the Project?s aerial photographs are provided in Source Information just prior to Process Step, both in this Data Quality section (source citation abbreviation ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs). 1997 ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs FIELD RECONNAISSANCE & MAP CLASSIFICATION: --- Prior to photointerpretation, field reconnaissance was performed throughout the 1997 field season by the photointerpretation team to learn, test, and verify photo signatures and to establish a map classification. Ecologists intermittently assisted to assure correct field calls and to verify additional vegetation types as they were encountered. During the following fall and winter, mapping protocols were developed and the aerial photointerpretation team began delineating and classifying polygons. During the 1998 field season, field reconnaissance activities resumed, with additional map validation and revisions to the map classification and conventions. --- Throughout the mapping project, the map classification had undergone several updates and adjustments, reflecting knowledge of the vegetation and landscape at those given times. For a listing of map classes, see the Entity and Attribute Information section of this metadata report. A breakdown of map classes into general categories is provided at the beginning of this metadata report under the Supplemental Information of the Identification Information section. ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs U.S. National Vegetation Classification (TNC 1998) 1997-1998 PHOTOINTERPRETATION: --- Photointerpretation was performed using the spring 1997 CIR film transparencies. The photographs were cut from rolls and covered with clear acetate overlays. The overlays were registered to the photos. Ground features were interpreted and delineated onto the photo overlays using Bausch and Lomb Zoom 240 stereoscopes over Richards MIM2 light table. Each photograph was viewed with its matching stereo pairs so images could be seen in 3-dimensions. To minimize edge distortion, interpretation was focused towards the center of each photograph. Polygons were delineated defining ground features and attribute codes were scribed onto the overlays using Rapidograph ink pens. --- Texture, height, pattern, life form, and position in the landscape were all used in the decision process of delineating polygons and assigning map class codes. When applicable, physiognomic modifier codes were added in conjunction with the map class codes. Larger polygons were delineated first, with subsequent smaller polygons delineated down to the minimum mapping unit of 0.5 hectares (1.25 acres). Small islands with vegetation were mapped to 0.1 hectares (0.25 acres). A total of 236 photos were interpreted with classified polygon data for subsequent digital automation to produce the spatial database coverage. ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs ACAD Map Classification (UMESC 2003) 1998-1999 MAP AUTOMATION & DRAFT SPATIAL DATABASE: --- Bausch and Lomb zoom transfer scopes were used to transfer photointerpreted data to geo-referenced base maps. The transfer process removed much of the aerial photograph's inherent distortion and tied the interpreted data to real-world coordinates so it could be digitally automated. A total of 65 USGS 3.75-minute DOQ were used to plot hard copy (film acetate) orthophoto base maps at a scale of 1:12,000. The polygons were manually transferred to overlays that were registered to the base maps. Polygon attribute codes were added to a second overlay that was positioned and referenced over the polygon overlay. The overlays were subsequently rechecked for accuracy. --- Each overlay of transferred data was scanned using a large format sheet scanner at a resolution of 400 dots per inch. The resulting Tagged Image File Format images were then converted to a grid using ArcInfo (Version 7.2.1 Patch 2). The converted grid was projected to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 19, with datum in North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Each individual grid was transformed to geo-referenced boundary coverages (from the DOQ) to digitally reference the data to real-world coordinates. In ArcTools, the ArcScan utility was used to trace the referenced polygon data producing an ArcInfo coverage. Each intermediate coverage was edited for errors, assigned attributes to polygons, checked against the hand-transferred overlays for line and attribute errors, and finally joined together to produce a seamless spatial database coverage of the vegetation map. --- This draft version (BETA) of the spatial database was distributed to the VMP and Acadia NP for initial review and use. Because community vegetation classification had not sufficiently been developed at the time of release, the BETA version was supported only with map classification information (map classes and physiognomic vegetation data). ACAD Spring 1997 CIR Aerial Photographs ACAD USGS 3.75-minute DOQ (USGS 1991) 1998-2000 ACAD BETA Vegetation Map (UMESC 2000) FINAL SPATIAL COVERAGE: --- The map coverage went through a series of edits once the vegetation analyses and community descriptions were finished. Some vegetation concepts that were understood in theory during the photointerpretation stage had been revised from the results of the vegetation analyses. This became evident once the accuracy assessment was initially applied to the map (with an overall accuracy below 80% standard). Numerous global consolidations (that is, universal classification changes of all like-classified polygons) were applied to the map to best align the map classification to the final vegetation classification. Reaching the accuracy standard, the vegetation map was made final, complete with a direct link to the vegetation classification within the database. --- The map coverage attribute table contains numerous items that provide a set of information for each polygon. The attribute table was originally produced in spreadsheet format (dBASE IV), and then converted to an ArcInfo table using ArcInfo (Version 8.0.2). The table was merged with the spatial coverage using MAP_ATT as the common attribute item. For the list of attribute items, refer to the Entity and Attribute Information's Entity and Attribute Overview section within this metadata report. The final Vegetation Spatial Database Coverage made into an ArcInfo Export (.e00) file. (Note: Spatial Database Transfer Standard and Shapefile formats are produced from the ArcInfo coverage.) NVCS Floristic Classes (NatureServe 2003) NVCS Physiognomic Classes (FGDC 1997) ACAD BETA Vegetation Map (UMESC 2000) 2003 ACAD Map Classification (UMESC 2003) ACAD FINAL Vegetation Map (UMESC 2003) Kevin Hop U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Principal Investigator mailing and physical address

2630 Fanta Reed Road

La Crosse Wisconsin 54603 USA organization address

2630 Fanta Reed Road

La Crosse Wisconsin 54603 (608) 783-6451 (608) 783-6066 kevin_hop@usgs.gov Acadia National Park, the first national park to be established east of the Mississippi, is located on the coast of Maine primarily in Hancock County (with outlying areas in adjacent Knox County) and is situated on a large portion of Mount Desert Island as well as some adjacent mainland and island tracts, including the Schoodic Peninsula and Isle au Haut. The Park encompasses almost 48,000 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline with nearby towns and villages including Bar Harbor, Northwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Seal Harbor, Bass Harbor, and Isle au Haut. Vector G-polygon 7122 Universal Transverse Mercator 19 0.999600 -69.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.76 0.76 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodedic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 acadveg Shapefile attribute table USGS UMESC FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. AREA Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. PERIMETER Perimeter of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. VEG_ Internal feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. VEG_ID User-defined feature number. ESRI. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. MAP_ATT Map Class Code with all applicable Physiognomic Modifier codes USGS UMESC Textual map code and physiognomic modifier codes. MAP_CODE Map Class Code - project derived USGS UMESC SF Spruce - Fir Forest (conifer phase) USGS UMESC WPC White Pine - Mixed Conifer Forest USGS UMESC WRP Red Pine - White Pine Forest USGS UMESC MDF Beech - Birch - Maple Forest USGS UMESC OPF Oak - Pine Forest USGS UMESC SFM Spruce - Fir Forest USGS UMESC WPM White Pine - Hardwood Forest USGS UMESC MCW Mixed Conifer Woodland USGS UMESC WCW White Cedar Woodland USGS UMESC JPW Jack Pine Woodland USGS UMESC PPB Pitch Pine - Heath Barren USGS UMESC PPC Pitch Pine - Corema Woodland USGS UMESC PPW Pitch Pine Woodland USGS UMESC ABF Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex USGS UMESC ABW Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex USGS UMESC ABS Aspen - Birch Woodland/Forest Complex USGS UMESC ROW Red Oak Woodland USGS UMESC MW Mixed Conifer - Deciduous Woodland USGS UMESC MAS Red Maple - Hardwood Swamp USGS UMES CSW Conifer Swamp Woodland USGS UMESC WCS Conifer Swamp Woodland USGS UMESC CB Crowberry - Bayberry Headland USGS UMESC BBSS Blueberry Bald - Summit Shrubland Complex USGS UMESC AM Dune Grassland USGS UMESC SVH Open Headland - Beach Strand USGS UMESC SVT Sparsely Vegetated Talus USGS UMESC ASP Alder Shrubland USGS UMESC SG Sweetgale Mixed Shrub Fen USGS UMESC DSB Dwarf Shrub Bog USGS UMESC FX Fen Complex USGS UMESC TG Tidal Marsh USGS UMESC SMG Graminoid Shallow Marsh USGS UMESC OWM Open Water - Deep Marsh Complex USGS UMESC TZ Tidal Algal Zone USGS UMESC TB Tidal Beach USGS UMESC TM Tidal Mud Flat USGS UMESC SIT Small Island with Trees USGS UMESC SIS Small Island with Shrubs USGS UMESC SIG Small Island with Grass USGS UMESC SIR Small Island with Rock USGS UMESC EPL Evergreen Plantation USGS UMESC SMD Mixed Deciduous Shrubland USGS UMESC MGF Mixed Grass - Forb USGS UMESC PGCH Perennial Grass Crops USGS UMESC PGCS Perennial Grass Crops with Sparse Shrubs USGS UMESC WBP Beaver Pond (non-vegetated) USGS UMESC WNP Natural Pond (non-vegetated) USGS UMESC WST Stream (non-vegetated) USGS UMESC WLK Lake (non-vegetated) USGS UMESC WO Ocean - Bay - Estuarary (non-vegetated) USGS UMESC UR Residential USGS UMESC UC Commercial and Services USGS UMESC UT Transportation and Roads USGS UMESC UM Mixed Urban or Built-up Land USGS UMESC UBL Other Urban or Built-up Land USGS UMESC ARB Other Agricultural Land USGS UMESC BLQ Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits USGS UMESC ND No Data USGS UMESC MAP_DESC Map Class Description Name - project derived USGS UMESC Textual map description. DENS_MOD Coverage Density Modifier (applies to all vegetation map units) Aerial Information Systems 1 Closed Canopy/Continuous (60-100% cover) Aerial Information Systems 2 Open Canopy/Discontinuous (25-60% cover) Aerial Information Systems 2 Dispersed-Sparse Canopy (10-25% cover) Aerial Information Systems PTRN_MOD Coverage Pattern Modifier (applies to all vegetation map units) Aerial Information Systems A Evenly Dispersed Aerial Information Systems B Clumped/Bunched Aerial Information Systems C Gradational/Transitional Aerial Information Systems D Regularly Alternating Aerial Information Systems HT_MOD Height Modifier (applies to woody terrestrial vegetation map units) Aerial Information Systems 1 30-50 meters (98-162 feet) Aerial Information Systems 2 20-30 meters (65-98 feet) Aerial Information Systems 3 12-20 meters (40-65 feet) Aerial Information Systems 4 5-12 meters (16-40 feet) Aerial Information Systems 5 0.5-5 meters (1.5-16 feet) Aerial Information Systems 6 <0.5 meters (<1.5 feet) Aerial Information Systems PHYS_HYDR Physiognomic - Hydrologic Category Maine Natural Areas Program Textual physiognomic and hydrologic name. MAINE_CLSF Maine Natural Community Classification Maine Natural Areas Program Textual community classification name. ECO_SYSTEM U.S. Terrestrial Ecological System Classification (name & code) NatureServe Textual ecosystem name. ASSN_SNAME Project Scientific Community Name NatureServe Textual scientific association name. ASSN_TNAME Project Translated Common Community Name NatureServe Textual translated common association name. ASSN_CNAME Project Common Community Name NatureServe Textual common association name. ASSN_CEGL Corresponding Association or Alliance Name Code NatureServe CEGL code. NVCS_CODE NVC Code - to NVC Formation level FGDC National Vegetation Classification System code. CLASS Formation Class = NVC Code - Class name FGDC National Vegetation Classification Class name. SUBCLASS NVC Formation Subclass = NVC Code - Subclass name FGDC National Vegetation Classification Subclass name. GROUP NVC Formation Group = NVC Code - Group name FGDC National Vegetation Classification Group name. SUBGROUP NVC Formation Subgroup = NVC Code - Subgroup name FGDC National Vegetation Classification Subgroup name. FORMATION NVC Formation = Formation name NVC Code - Formation name FGDC National Vegetation Classification Formation name. ALL_SNAME Project Alliance Name = NVC Alliance(s) NatureServe National Vegetation Classification Alliances (scientific names). ALL_TNAME Project Translated Common Alliance Name = NVC Alliance(s) NatureServe National Vegetation Classification Alliances (translated common names). LUC_II Land Use and Land Cover Classification System (code & name) USGS Land Cover Classification System types. Items within the spatial database attribute table in addition to the ArcInfo default items (e.g. area, perimeter) include: 1) MAP_ATT - map class code with all applicable physiognomic feature modifiers, 2) MAP_CODE - map class code, 3) MAP_DESC - map class description name, 4) DENS_MOD - coverage density (physiognomic modifier, applies to all vegetation map classes), 5) PTRN_MOD - coverage pattern (physiognomic modifier, applies to all vegetation map classes), 6) HT_MOD - height (physiognomic modifier, applies to all woody terrestrial vegetation map classes), 7) PHYS_HYDR - physiologic/hydrologic groups, 8) MAINE_CLSF - Maine Natural Community Classification, 9) ECO_SYSTEM - U.S. Terrestrial Ecological System Classification (name & code), 10) ASSN_SNAME - scientific global community name (NVCS Association), 11) ASSN_TNAME - translated global community name (NVCS Association) 12) ASSN_CNAME - synonym global community name (NVCS Association), 13) ASSN_CEGL - Community Element Global code (Elcode link to NVCS Association), 14) NVCS_CODE - NVCS code (to Alliance level), 15) CLASS - NVCS Formation Class (Class code & name), 16) SUBCLASS - NVCS Formation Subclass (Subclass code & name), 17) GROUP - NVCS Formation Group (Group code & name), 18) SUBGROUP - NVCS Formation Subgroup (Subgroup code & name), 19) FORMATION - NVCS Formation (Formation code & name), 20) ALL_SNAME - NVCS Alliance name (Alliance code & name), 21) ALL_CNAME - NVCS common Alliance name, 22) LUC_II - USGS Land Use and Land Cover Classification System (Level II, code & name). Map class codes and description names (MAP_ATT, MAP_CODE, & MAP_DESC): Map Classes for the Acadia National Park Vegetation Mapping Project. 2003. U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Physiognomic Modifiers - Coverage Density, Coverage Pattern, and Height, (DENS_MOD, PTRN_MOD, & HT_MOD): Physiognomic modifiers added to map classes (when applicable) to describe structural features. Original source for Coverage Density, Coverage Pattern, and Height is cited to Aerial Information Systems, Inc. 1995. Standard Interpretive Conventions (Viewgraph 3). Redlands, California. Height categories were modified to accommodate park specific needs. Maine Natural Community Classification - (PHYS_HYDRO & MAINE_CLSF): physiognomic/hydrologic groupings per Maine?s natural community classification organization (added for presentation organizational purposes). Gawler, S. 2003 (in press). Maine Natural Community Classification is cited to Natural Landscapes of Maine: A Classification of Vegetated Natural Communities and Ecosystems. Maine Department of Conservation, Natural Areas Program. Augusta, ME. U.S. Terrestrial Ecological System Classification (ECO_SYSTEM): Comer, P., D. Faber-Langendoen, R. Evans, S. Gawler, C. Josse, G. Kittel, S. Menard, M. Pyne, M. Reid, K. Schulz, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2003. Ecological Systems of the United States: A Working Classification of U.S. Terrestrial Systems. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. 61 pp. + Appendices. NVCS physiognomic Class, Subclass, Group, Subgroup, and Formation codes and names (NVCS_CODE, CLASS, SUBCLASS, GROUP, SUBGROUP, FORMATION): Federal Geographic Data Committee. 1997. Vegetation classification standard, FGDC-STD-005. Standard floristic Association names, Community Global Element codes, and floristic Alliance codes and names (ASSN_SNAME, ASSN_TNAME, ASSN_CNAME, ASSN_CEGL, ALL_SNAME, ALL_TNAME): NatureServe. 2003. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Central Databases, NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. USGS Land Use and Land Cover Classification System (LUC_II): Anderson, J. R., E. Hardy, J. Roach, and R. Witter. 1976. A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor Data. Geological Survey Professional paper 964. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. Note: Crosswalk to level 2 for all map classes. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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