North Carolina State University, Center for Earth Observation 20040915 final remote-sensing image http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/blue/blueortho.zip doi:10.5066/F7M61H53 Orthorectified color infrared ERDAS Imagine and MRSid image of Bluestone National Scenic River (final_blue.img). Produced from 43 color infrared photos taken March 27, 2003. Orthorectification accomplished with Imagine Orthobase v8.6 software. The overall positional accuracy for the photomosaic is 1.31107 meters RMSE, meeting the NMAS Class 1 standards. The dataset was developed for use by Bluestone National Scenic River as a GIS component and for digital monoplotting and mapping. 20030327 ground condition Complete Unknown Bluestone National Scenic River and environs -81.034606 -80.934211 37.617257 37.506731 none Orthorectification Color Infrared mosaic aerial photo CIR imagine leaf-off none West Virginia National Scenic River National Park Bluestone none 20030327 spring March none none Nathan Piekielek Data Manager mailing and physical address

208 C Ferguson Building

University Park Pennsylvania 16802 USA (814) 863-2320 Nathan_Piekielek@nps.gov Bill Millinor Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780 none Bluestone National Scenic River Overall positional accuracy of 1.31 meters RMSE Horizontal accuracy was assessed on the basis of 147 field survey points distributed throughout New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River Color, and Gauley River National Recreation Area. Accuracy assesment for the above three parks was calculated as a single unit (not split up into three separate groups) as they were all flown together with airborne gps and imu. The actual field coordinates for these points were recorded with a Trimble ProXRS GPS unit with real-time differential correction with a minimum of 120 (180 unless field conditions were poor) fixes per point. The field coordinates were then compared to the image mosaic coordinates for these points, determined in ESRI ArcView 3.3 software. Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc Unpublished Material remote-sensing image 12000 color ir aerial transparencies 20030327 ground condition photos Aerial view of Bluestone National Scenic River The photos (43 total) were used to create an orthorectified mosaic using ER Mapper 6.4 and Erdas Imagine 8.6. The photos were scanned at 600 dpi and imported into Imagine. A DTM was created from the block DTM extraction process in Erdas Imagine. The images were orthorectified using ERDAS Imagine Orthobase software and Airborne GPS and IMU data. The orthorectified images were then mosaiced within ER Mapper to form one seamless basemap image for Bluestone National Scenic River. The mosaic was compressed using Mr. SID software at a 1:20 target compression ratio. 200402 NCSU, Center for Earth Observation mailing address

NCSU, Center For Earth Observation NCSU Campus Box 7106

Raleigh NC 27695-7106 USA 919-515-3430 919-515-3439 Raster Pixel 18862 13631 Universal Transverse Mercator 17 0.999600 -81.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 row and column 0.6499935 0.6499935 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 Dataset consists of a raster 3 band color image. The bands are blue, green and near infrared. Each pixel contains a value between 0 - 255. none USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov Downloadable Data The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Any related graphics (if available) are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not approriate to use the related graphics as data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service servers and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this metadata report does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the U. S. Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey and National Park Service. HTML http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/vip/parks/blue.html Internet Access None 20060922 20100517 USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

Denver Colorado 80225 (303) 202-4220 303-202-4219 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 http://www.usgs.gov/core_science_systems/csas/metadata/index.html