Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague 2008 zip shapefile, vector http://www1.usgs.gov/vip/meve/meveaa.zip Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, M.L. Floyd, K. Schulz, B. Friesen, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully. 2008 report doi:10.5066/F76D5QZR The Mesa Verde National Park Accuracy Assessment Observation Location zip shapefile (meveaa.exe) was developed as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) product in the Mesa Verde National Park Vegetation Classification, Distribution, and Mapping project. Its spatial extent covers Mesa Verde National Park and an approximate 1 kilometer buffer around the park boundary (park environs). This zip shapefile maps sites where accuracy assessment observations were made for the vegetation mapping project conducted at Mesa Verde National Park. Field data was collected by a team lead by M. L. McTeague. Original field data is documented in mevedata.mdb). 2006 ground condition Complete None planned Mesa Verde National Park and environs -108.556233 -108.351280 37.351514 37.153040 None USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program National Park Service Vegetation Map Accuracy Assessment points None Mesa Verde National Park Colorado Four Corners Region southwest Colorado None Standardized National Vegetation Classification System vegetation classification alliance community association Kingdom Plantae None None Lisa Thomas Southern Colorado Plateau Network Coordinator/Ecologist mailing address

SCPN National Park Service

Northern Arizona University

PO Box 5765

Flagstaff Arizona 86011-5765 USA 928-523-9280 Lisa_Thomas@nps.gov Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, 2008 zip shapefile Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, M.L. Floyd, K. Schulz, B. Friesen, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully. 2008 report Unknown Shapefile covers the entire park and any points that may be in the project environs (an approximately 1 kilometer buffer). Field observers recorded the geographic coordinates of accuracy assessment locations visited in the field. These coordinates were entered into an Access database and imported into GIS to develop the accuracy assessment shapefile. Unknown Accuracy assessment sites were eliminated from the analysis if the sampled polygon was less than 0.5 ha in size, multiple sites were erroneously sampled in the same polygon, or the sample waypoint was too close to the polygon boundary to ensure that the assessmentw as not of a transition zone. Unknown Kathryn A. Thomas USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station Vegetation Ecologist mailing address

USGS Sonoran Desert Research Station

University of Arizona

106 Environment and Natural Resource Building

Tucson Arizona 85721 USA 520-670-5534 520-670-5001 kathryn_A_Thomas@usgs.gov Vector Entity point 420 Universal Transverse Mercator 12 0.999600 -111.000000 0.000000 500000.000000 0.000000 coordinate pair 0.000032 0.000032 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 meveaa Shapefile attribute table. Point locations accuracy assessment observations. USGS. FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. PlotAACode Unique ID for each accuracy assessment site observation assigned in the field. Producer defined. Unique identification that are generated by producer. UTMEasting UTM easting coordinate USGS 717006 734619 Meters 6 meters UTMNorthin UTM northing coordinate USGS 4115118 4136684 Meters 6 meters UTMerror UTM error is the maximum errors permitted in horizontal positions and elevations shown on maps USGS 0 28 Meters 6 meters USGSQuad Raster. USGS 7.5 minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle name containing observation location. AA_Analysi A point either used or not used AA. USGS 0 Point not used in Accuracy Assessment User defined 1 Point used in Accuracy Assessment User defined. USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and Synthesis USGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinator mailing and physical address

Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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Denver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302

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