Forest Cover Types, United States, 2002

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Abstract
This raster layer portrays general forest cover types for the United States in GeoTIFF format. Data were derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) composite images recorded during the 1991 growing season, with the exception of Puerto Rico, for which Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data were used. A total of 25 classes of forest cover types were interpreted from the AVHRR and TM imagery, aided by field observations and refined with ancillary data from digital elevation models. The data available through the National Atlas of the United States are in GeoTIFF format. This is a revised version of the May 2002 map layer, with a corrected shoreline for Greenland. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition of the National Atlas of the United States.
Purpose
The forest cover types map layer was developed to portray broad distribution patterns of forest cover in the United States. The data should be displayed at scales appropriate for 1:7,500,000-scale data.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Raster Dataset
Publisher National Atlas of the United States
Publication date 2002
Edition 3
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 180°--E 180°/N 86°10ʹ--N 3°2ʹ12ʺW 180°--E 179°59ʹ22ʺ/N 86°9ʹ44ʺ--N 3°2ʹ33ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator United States. Forest Service
Creator Geological Survey (U.S.)

Subjects

Subject Forests and forestry
Subject Land cover
Subject Vegetation mapping
Subject United States
Subject Alaska
Subject Alabama
Subject Arizona
Subject Arkansas
Subject Colorado
Subject Connecticut
Subject Delaware
Subject Florida
Subject Georgia
Subject Hawaii
Subject Idaho
Subject Illinois
Subject Indiana
Subject Iowa
Subject Kansas
Subject Kentucky
Subject Louisiana
Subject Maine
Subject Maryland
Subject Massachusetts
Subject Michigan
Subject Minnesota
Subject Mississippi
Subject Missouri
Subject Montana
Subject Nebraska
Subject Nevada
Subject New Hampshire
Subject New Jersey
Subject New Mexico
Subject New York (State)
Subject North Carolina
Subject North Dakota
Subject Ohio
Subject Oklahoma
Subject Oregon
Subject Pennsylvania
Subject Rhode Island
Subject South Carolina
Subject South Dakota
Subject Tennessee
Subject Texas
Subject Utah
Subject Vermont
Subject Virginia
Subject Washington (D.C.)
Subject Washington (State)
Subject West Virginia
Subject Wisconsin
Subject Wyoming
Subject Puerto Rico
Subject 2002
Subject Imagery and Base Maps
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Use limitation None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States, the USDA Forest Service, and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Scanned map
Title
Forest Cover Types
Title
Forest Cover Types
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/ng927vq0549

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright
This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation

U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Forest Service. (2002). Forest Cover Types, United States, 2002. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ng927vq0549.

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National atlas of the United States of America, 1997-2014

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