Cogan Technology, Inc. Unpublished Material None vector digital data None None None None None http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/kaho/kahogeodata.zip doi:10.5066/F77H1GHV This metadata is for the 2008 vegetation (classification) field plots (spatial database) and 2010 accuracy assessment points (spatial database) created from the sampled vegetation plots collected at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO), Island of Hawai'i. Plots were collected to characterize the vegetation communities at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park and vicinity. AA Points were collected on the ground to calculate the thematic accuracy of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park vegetation map. This GIS layer was created from the GPS coordinates recorded at the center of each plot to map their distribution and location. This GIS layer was created from the GPS coordinates recorded at each point. 2008 2010 ground condition Complete None planned Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park and environs -156.036010 -156.017386 19.692071 19.670087 None Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Vegetation Ground Data NPS National Vegetation Inventory Program NVCS Plant Associations NVCS Plant Alliances Point Field Plots Observation Accuracy Assessment National Park Service Island of Hawai'i Hawai'i None Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park Hawai'i United States of America North America Island of Hawai'i None None None 2008 2010 None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae None Acknowledgment of Cogan Technology Inc. and NPS Pacific Island Network would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any person using the information presented here should fully understand the data collection and compilation process before beginning their analysis/use. The burden of determining fitness for use lies with the user. Dan Cogan Cogan Technology, Inc Vice-president mailing and physical address

21 Valley Road

Galena Illinois 61036 USA 815-777-1773 None 815-777-1773 dancogan@cogantech.com 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM CST None Dan Cogan (Cogan Technology Inc.) and Ali Ainsworth (NPS-UCBN). None Unclassified None Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 Positional Accuracy is only as good as the GPS Receiver used. Thematic accuracy was not checked for this layer. Thematic data was collected on the ground by trained ecologists. None None All point features were checked for uniqueness and for correct and complete attributing. All field plots collected in 2008 and all points required for the accuracy assessment at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park are included in this coverage. GPS accuracy varies for each plot and is unknown, but likely within 10 meters of true location 95% of the time since the least accurate instrument used was a Garmin GPSMap60csx. GPS Error +/- (meters) Uncorrected GPS points recorded with a handheld, recreational-grade GPS receiver (Garmin GPSMap60csx) see specification: http://www8.garmin.com/products/gpsmap60csx/spec.html. GPS accuracy varies for each plot. GPS Error +/- (meters) Uncorrected GPS points recorded with a handheld, commercial GPS receiver. Pacific Island Network Staff 2008 and 2010 None None None None None None None Ground Condition paper and digital PDA's 2008 2010 ground condition None None Plots were subjectively placed by qualified ecologists to characterize the plant communities. Portions of the methodology were derived from the NPS Vegetation Inventory Program's Field Methods standard. Vegetation data in each sample plot was recorded by qualified ecologists using a standard NVC plot data collection form. Data was transferred to a MS Access database. Point coverage was created by importing the database into ArcView as an event theme. None 2008 None AA Points were located using a stratified random sampling method. Portions of the methodology were derived from the NPS Vegetation Inventory Program's Accuracy Assessment Procedures. Vegetation data at each point was recorded by qualified ecologists using a standard NVC Point data collection form. Data was transferred to a MS Access database. Point coverage was created by importing the database into ArcView as an event theme. None 2010 None Dan Cogan Cogan Technology Inc. Vice-President mailing and physical address

21 Valley Road

Galena Illinois 61036 United States of America 815-777-1773 None 815-777-1773 dancogan@cogantech.com 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST None Vector Entity point 145 Universal Transverse Mercator 5 0.999600 -153.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 KAHO_VegPoints Feature class attribute table National Park Service OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Plot_Code Unique Plot Data Number. National Park Service and Cogan Technology, Inc. Unique plot number. Pnts_Type Point type (accuracy assessment point, observation point or plot point) Plots V3.2 Accuracy Assessment Point AA Point Plots V3.2 Observation Point Observation Point Plots V3.2 Plot Point Plot Point Plots V3.2 X_Coord X Coordinate (UTM Easting) National Park Service and Cogan Technology, Inc. Easting coordinate. Y_Coord Y Coordinate (UTM Northing) National Park Service and Cogan Technology, Inc. Northing coordinate. Attributes were either generated by ArcInfo/ArcView software or assigned by NatureServe, National Park Service, or Cogan Technology, Inc. Cogan, D. K. Schulz., D. Benitez, G. Kudray, and A. Ainsworth 2011. Vegetation inventory project: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park NPS/2011/NRR-2011/XXX. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

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