U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54603 20120601 vector digital data NPS Vegetation Inventory Program Buffalo National River Vegetation Mapping Project Fort Collins, Colorado NPS Natural Resource Inventory & Monitoring Program http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/buff/buffortho.zip doi:10.5066/F7XG9P2D A set of 1:12,000-scale color infrared (CIR) aerial photographs was collected in late October, 2006 of the Buffalo National River (BUFF) and environs. The photos were collected to support the BUFF vegetation mapping project, conducted by the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Inventory Program (VIP). The CIR aerial photos were funded by the NPS VIP. This set of photography was the primary imagery used in the photointerpretative mapping for the BUFF vegetation mapping project. To make it simpler for individuals to locate aerial photos of a given area, a geographic information system (GIS) format data set was created from aerial flight data that was prepared by the contractor who collected the photos. The geographic center of every photograph is recorded in the data set along with flightline, frame, elevation, date, and scale of the photography. The GIS format data are distributed as a point feature class in the geodatabase for the project, using Universal Transverse Mercator zone 15 mapping coordinates, North American Datum 1983. This spatial data set is in support of the NPS VIP, which is an effort to classify, describe, and map existing vegetation of national park units. Managed by the NPS Biological Resources Management Division, the NPS VIP provides baseline vegetation information for the NPS Natural Resource I&M Program. The USGS Vegetation Characterization Program lends a cooperative role in the NPS VIP and serves the data sets on the Internet. Vegetation layers and associated information support a wide variety of resource assessment, park management, and planning needs. They also provide structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relation to environmental processes across the landscape. A set of 1:12,000-scale, CIR, aerial photographs was collected on October 28 and 29, 2006. We used this set of photography as the primary imagery in our photointerpretative mapping. In addition to the 2006 photos, we collected a set of 1:12,000-scale, CIR, aerial photographs on November 10, 2005. We intended this photography set to be the one we would use for mapping the BUFF. However a severe storm had passed through the area the week prior to photo acquisition. This resulted in large areas of forests that had lost its leaves; the ability to identify hardwood forest types from the aerial photos was lost. We did put the 2005 photos to use as an ancillary set to reference while mapping from the 2006 photos. Furthermore, ten of the 2005 photos were used to fill a small area that did not get collected with the 2006 photo mission (due to film expenditure). This area is of the southern portion of the Richland Valley within the BUFF. A total of 254 aerial photos were collected with the 2006 photo mission. With the addition of the 10 photos from the 2005 photo mission to fill the 2006 photo holiday, 264 photos complete the aerial photo coverage of the BUFF for this vegetation mapping project. 200610 ground condition Complete None planned Buffalo National River and environs. -93.478244 -92.318904 36.168326 35.817939 None BUFF Aerial Photography Photointerpretation Color Infrared NPS USGS Vegetation Characterization Program Aerial Photos Buffalo National River NPS Vegetation Inventory Program National Park Service U.S. Geological Survey Photo Interpretation Aerial Photograph USGS National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus Land Use / Cover Remote Sensing Monitoring National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus BUFF None Arkansas United States of America National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus Heartland Network Buffalo National River Restriction Code: other restrictions; Other Constraints: Access constraints: A computer software program capable of reading and displaying data stored as an ESRI format file geodatabase is required. Individuals using the spatial database should understand the locations of the photo centers are approximate. Also, any 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. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis; Vegetation Characterization Program Vegetation Characterization Program Manager Program Manager mailing and physical address

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Denver CO 80525 USA (303) 202-4220 303-202-4229 gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Heartland Network of the NPS Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Program, NPS Vegetation Inventory Program, and USGS Vegetation Characterization Program Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.2.3200 The digital dataset met and or exceeded the accuracy required by this project. An on-screen comparison was performed on a sampling of hardcopy aerial photographs Unknown. unknown. unknown Raster Pixel 82963 213400 3 Universal Transverse Mercator 13 0.999600 -105.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.5 0.5 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 Dataset consists of a raster 3 band color image, each pixel value is between 0-255. none USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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