Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Remote Sensing and GIS Group, Technical Service
        Center, US Bureau of Reclamation, MC-D8260, POB
        25007, Denver CO 80225
      Publication_Date: 2000
      Title: Theodore Roosevelt NP Vegetation Database
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
        Issue_Identification: Theodore Roosevelt NP
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Denver, CO
        Publisher: USGS/BRD
      Other_Citation_Details: Database created under contract to the USGS/BRD
      Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/index.html
      Online_Linkage: http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/rsgis/
      Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/thro/index.html
  Description:
    Abstract:
      This metadata is for all coverages associated with
      the vegetation land cover and land use geo-spatial
      database for Theodore Roosevelt National Park and
      surrounding areas.  The project is authorized as
      part of the USGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping Program.
      The program is being administered by the
      Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the United
      States Geological Survey (USGS).  The USGS/BRD is
      responsible for overall management and oversight
      of all ongoing mapping efforts.  This mapping
      effort was performed by the US Bureau of
      Reclamation's (USBR) Remote Sensing and GIS Group,
      Technical Service Center, Denver, CO. The
      vegetation mapping program is part of a larger
      Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program started by
      the National Park Service (NPS) Their website is:
      http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/
    Purpose:
      The purposes of the mapping effort are varied and
      include the following: Provides support for NPS
      Resources Management; Promotes vegetation-related
      research for both NPS and USGS/BRD; Provides
      support for NPS Planning and Compliance; Adds to
      the information base for NPS Interpretation; and
      Assists in NPS Operations.  The NPS  I&M goals
      are, among others, to map the vegetation of all
      national parks and monuments and provide a
      baseline inventory of vegetation.
    Supplemental_Information:
      The following vegetation and land use classes were
      mapped for this project:       LAND USE:  51
      Transportation, Communications, and Utilities; 52
      Mixed Urban or Built-up Land; 53   Croplands and
      Pasture; 54   Seeded Mixed Grass Prairie; 55
      Other Agricultural Land; 56   Streams - Rivers; 57
      Reservoirs; 58   Beaches and Sandy Areas; 59
      Strip Mines, Quarries, and Gravel Pits; and 60
      Oil/Gas Well Drill Pads and Roads.
      VEGETATION:  1    Prairie Dog Town Disturbed
      Community; 2 Badlands Sparse Vegetation Complex; 3
      Scoria Sparse Vegetation Complex; 4 Long-leaved
      Sagebrush Sparse Vegetation Alliance; 10 Leafy
      Spurge Herbaceous Alliance; 11 Canada Thistle
      Herbaceous Alliance; 12 Prairie Sand-reed Grass
      Herbaceous Alliance; 13 Priarie Cordgrass
      Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance; 14
      Cattail - Bulrush Semi-permanently Flooded
      Herbaceous Alliance; 15  Little Bluestem -
      Sideoats Grama Herbaceous Alliance; 16  Western
      Wheatgrass Herbaceous Alliance; 17  Introduced
      Grassland Herbaceous Alliance; 18  Blue Grama
      Herbaceous Alliance; 30  Horizontal Juniper Dwarf
      Shrub Alliance; 31  Silver Sagebrush/Western
      Wheatgrass Shrubland; 33  Rabbitbrush Shrubland
      Alliance; 35  Three-leaved Sumac Shrubland
      Alliance; 36  Buffaloberry Shrubland Alliance; 37
      Wolfberry Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance;
      38  Sandbar Willow Semi-permanently Flooded
      Shrubland Alliance; 39  Greasewood Temporarily
      Flooded Shrubland Alliance; 41 Cottonwood -
      Peachleaf Willow Floodplain Woodland; 42
      Cottonwood - Rocky Mtn Juniper Floodplain
      Woodland; 43 Cottonwood Temporarily Flooded
      Woodland Alliance; 44 Green Ash - American Elm
      Woodland Alliance (Draws); 45 Green Ash - American
      Elm Temporarily Flooded Woodland Alliance; 46
      Quaking Aspen Woodland Alliance; 47 Rocky Mountain
      Juniper Woodland Alliance; and 48 Ponderosa Pine
      Woodland Alliance.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Multiple_Dates/Times:
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 199607
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 199608
    Currentness_Reference: Dates of aerial photography
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
  Spatial_Domain:
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Theodore Roosevelt NP and surrounding environs
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.75
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.125
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.75
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 46.75
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: Land cover
      Theme_Keyword: Land use
      Theme_Keyword: Vegetation
      Theme_Keyword: National Park Service
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: North Dakota
      Place_Keyword: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
      Place_Keyword: Little Missouri River
      Place_Keyword: Little Missouri National Grasslands
      Place_Keyword: Elkhorn Ranch
      Place_Keyword: Medora
  Taxonomy:
    Keywords/Taxon:
      Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Taxonomic_Keywords: vegetation
      Taxonomic_Keywords: plants
      Taxonomic_Keywords: National Vegetation Classification System
    Taxonomic_System:
      Classification_System/Authority:
        Classification_System_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: Anderson, et al
            Publication_Date: 1976
            Title: A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for Use with Remote Sensor Data
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
            Series_Information:
              Series_Name: Geological Survey Professional Paper
              Issue_Identification: No. 964
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Washington, DC
              Publisher: US GPO
            Other_Citation_Details: This project used the Level II Land Use Classes
            Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/classification/index.html
      Taxonomic_Procedures: Sequence of field test data plots, observation plots, and photo-signature observations.
    General_Taxonomic_Coverage:
      Refer to complete listing of mapped plant alliances/associations under Supplemental Information above.
      Taxanomic_Classification:
    Taxonomic_Classification:
      Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
      Taxon_Rank_Value: Plantae
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints:
    Acknowledgment of the USGS/BRD and the USBR/RSGIS
    Group would be appreciated in products derived
    from these data.  Any person using the information
    presented here should fully understand the data
    collection and compilation procedures, as
    described in the metadata, before beginning
    analysis.  The burden for determining fitness for
    use lies entirely with the user.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Person: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator
        Contact_Organization:
          USGS Biological Resources Division, Center for Biological
          Informatics
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Physical Address
        Address: USGS
        Address: Biological Resources Division, CBI
        Address: Building 810, Room 8000
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80225-0046
        Country: USA
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: Mailing Address
        Address: USGS
        Address: Biological Resources Division, CBI
        Address: PO BOX 25046, DFC, MS302
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80225-0046
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4229
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4219 (org)
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov
  Browse_Graphic:
    Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/thro/images/throveg.pdf
    Browse_Graphic_File_Description: 386 Kbyte
    Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF
  Data_Set_Credit:
    Dan Cogan, Doug Crawford, Jean Pennell, Trudy
    Meyer, Jim Von Loh
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: UNIX-ARC/INFO
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
      These data have an overall accuracy of 74.3%
      (71.3% Kappa index) within a 90% confidence
      interval of 70.3 to 78.3%.
  Logical_Consistency_Report:
    All polygon features are checked for topology and
    existence of label points using the ARC/INFO
    software.  Each polygon begins and ends at the
    same point with the node feature.  All nodes are
    checked for error so that there are no
    unintentional dangling features.  There are no
    duplicate lines or polygons.  All nodes will snap
    together and close polygons based on a specified
    tolerance.  If the node is not with the tolerance
    it is adjusted manually.  The tests for logical
    consistency are performed in ARC/INFO using
    certain commands.
  Completeness_Report:
    All data that can be photo-interpreted are
    digitized in accordance with the minimum mapping
    unit (MMU) of 1/2 hectare.  This includes selected
    features that fall into the NVCS vegetation
    classification and the Anderson Level II land use
    classification.  Some classes below the MMU are
    included such as wetlands and grasslands in
    badlands areas and polygons cut off by other
    features and borders.  Roads (out to visible
    disturbed ground right-of-way or fence line) and
    streams/drainages wider than approx 10 meters were
    digitized as polygons and attributed accordingly.
    Roads visible on the orthophotos but thinner than
    10 meters were digitized as lines. Wet drainages
    thinner than 10 meters were digitized as lines and
    attributed with code #14.  Dry drainages thinner
    than 10 meters were not digitized.
  Positional_Accuracy:
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
      Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        USGS DOQQ's were used as the basemap for this
        project.  The attribute accuracy stated above may
        also reflect horizontal positional accuracy.
    Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
      Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
        This database contains no vertical or elevation
        data.
  Lineage:
    Methodology:
      Methodology_Type: Field
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Methodology_Keyword: Ground Truth
        Methodology_Keyword: GPS
        Methodology_Keyword: Field Plot
        Methodology_Keyword: National Vegetation Classification System
        Methodology_Keyword: Anderson Level II
      Methodology_Description:
        Refer to the steps outlined in Process Description
        below.
      Methodology_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator:
            Remote Sensing and GIS Group, Technical Service
            Center, US Bureau of Reclamation, MC-D8260, POB
            25007, Denver CO 80225
          Publication_Date: 2000
          Title: Theodore Roosevelt NP Vegetation Database
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
            Issue_Identification: Theodore Roosevelt NP
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: Denver, CO
            Publisher: USGS/BRD
          Other_Citation_Details: Database created under contract to the USGS/BRD
          Online_Linkage: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/index.html
          Online_Linkage: http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/rsgis/
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS
          Publication_Date: Unknown
          Title:
            Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles.  See other
            information below for list.
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
          Other_Citation_Details:
            List of DOQQs used as basemaps for this project
            (text in parenthesis indicates Arc/Info coverage
            filename): Bear Butte (bear_bt), Belfield
            (belfield), Belfield SW (blfld_sw), Buckskin Butte
            (bkskn_bt), Buffalo Gap Campground (bufgp_cp),
            Chimney Buttes (chmny_bt), Eagle Draw, Gorham SE &
            SW (gorhm_se, gorhm_sw), Fryburg, (fryburg),
            Fryburg NE & NW (frybr_ne, frybr_nw), Ice Box
            Canyon (icebx_cn), Hanks Gully, Lone Butte
            (lone_bt), Lone Butte NW (ln_bt_nw), Long X Divide
            (longx_dv), Medora, Red Wing Creek (rdwng_cr),
            Roosevelt Creek East & West, Sperati Point
            (sprti_pt), Stocke Butte (stck_bt), Tepee Buttes
            (tepe_bts), Tracy Mountain (tracy_mt), Wannagan
            Creek East & West (wna_cr_e, wna_cr_w), Wolf
            Coulee (wolf_cle)
          Online_Linkage: http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
      Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Range_of_Dates/Times:
            Beginning_Date: 1991
            Ending_Date: 1995
        Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
      Source_Contribution: None
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USDA-FSA, Aerial Photography Field Office
          Publication_Date: 199608
          Title: 1:24k Color Aerial Photographs
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
          Series_Information:
            Series_Name: Little Missouri National Grasslands
            Issue_Identification: 611089
          Publication_Information:
            Publication_Place: P.O. Box 30010, SLC, Utah 84130
            Publisher: USDA, Farm Service Agency
          Other_Citation_Details: See database for photographs used.
          Online_Linkage: http://www.apfo.usda.gov/
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
      Type_of_Source_Media: photographs
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Time_Period_Information:
          Multiple_Dates/Times:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 199607
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 199608
        Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: None
      Source_Contribution: None
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        PHOTO INTERPRETATION:  All map classes were
        interpreted from 1:24,000 scale,  color
        photography flown in July & August 1996.  The
        photographs were acquired from the USDA and were
        enlarged to 1:12000. Photo-interpretation used the
        standard identification features such as tone,
        texture, color, pattern, topographic position, and
        shadow.  In addition, field sample locations and
        their vegetation descriptions aided in assigning
        map class to each polygon. Photographs were
        examined using a stereoscope as needed.  Linework
        was created on mylars placed over the photos.  GIS
        PROCEDURES:  The linework on the mylar overlays
        were transfered into the GIS database by one of
        two methods, either heads-up digitizing or
        scanning.  METHOD I:  Heads-up digitizing will be
        used whenever the photo does not include many
        complicated grassland polygons as these are the
        most difficult to transfer using heads-up
        digitizing.  This will usually mean photos with
        mostly badlands topography or agricultural lands
        (i.e., have boundaries that are easy to see on the
        digital orthophoto image) will be transferred
        using the heads-up method.  Briefly, heads-up
        digitizing is a procedure whereby the operator
        digitizes by hand and eye on a computer terminal
        screen showing a digital image of an
        ortho-rectified photo.  By looking at similar
        features on both the aerial photograph from which
        the classification was made and on the orthophoto,
        the line drawn on the aerial photo overlay is
        transferred to the digital image, which is
        registered to coordinates on the earth.  This
        technique should produce good results except where
        there is little feature contrast on the ortho, in
        which case the operator must estimate the shape
        and location of the line work.  Using this
        technique, a curve on the photo may appear to be a
        series of short, differently-angled straight line
        segments, since it is easier to make a curve with
        a pencil or pen than it is with digitized discrete
        points.  Depending on the density of digitized
        points, this may or may not be a problem.  The
        analyst may set the digitizing software to
        calculate a pseudo-curve of many points by
        inputting as few as three points to define a
        curve.  METHOD II:  Photos that are too difficult
        to accurately transfer via heads-up will be
        scanned, ie, the mylars overlays will be scanned,
        not the actual photos.  Before the mylar is
        scanned, it will be marked with control points
        that correspond to visible points on the DOQQ.
        The GIS software was used to convert the scanned
        mylar into a geo-referenced coverage which was
        then attributed and combined with the larger
        vegetation coverage associated with the quarter
        quad area.  The entire transfer and editing
        sequence was automated via in-house Arc/INFO AML
        programs.  The final vegetation coverages consist
        of (1) Quarter-quad, Park, and GIS project area
        boundary arcs, if applicable, and (2) vegetation
        polygons. Linear wetland features were put in a
        separate coverage called 'drainage'.  Another step
        involved heads-up digitizing of roads and
        railroads visible on the DOQQ in accordance with
        the criteria discussed  above. OTHER DATA:
        Coverages for the plot and observation data points
        were created from the plot and observation data
        sheets.  The coordinates on the data sheets were
        in datum NAD27.  Once the coverages were finalized
        they were reprojected into datum NAD83. The
        Drainage coverage was created by taking arcs
        attributed with veg_code = 14 out of the
        vegetation coverage and 'put' into the drainage
        coverage.
      Process_Date: 1999
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Organization_Primary:
            Contact_Organization:
              Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Group,
              USBR
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing address
            Address: P.O. Box 25007
            City: Denver
            State_or_Province: Colorado
            Postal_Code: 80225
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-445-2267
          Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-445-6337
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mpucherelli@do.usbr.gov
          Hours_of_Service:
            7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday,
            Mountain Time

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
    Theodore Roosevelt National Park, USGS 7.5 minute
    quadrangle names
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
    SDTS_Terms_Description:
      SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Grid_Coordinate_System:
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
        Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
          UTM_Zone_Number: 13
          Transverse_Mercator:
            Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105
            Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
            False_Easting: 0
            False_Northing: 0
            Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 1
          Ordinate_Resolution: 1
        Planar_Distance_Units: meters
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
      Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
      VEGETATION COVERAGES: Due to the large size of the
      database, vegetation coverages were named
      according to associated USGS 7.5m quads.
      Exception; the Elkhorn Ranch Unit coverage is
      named ranch_veg. Naming convention:
      <quadname>_veg# with # referring to the quarter
      quadrant as follows: 1 - Northwest quadrant; 2 -
      Northeast quadrant; 3 - Southeast quadrant; 4 -
      Southwest quadrant. Coding Information: Polygon
      coverage with labels in each polygon with the
      following custom items: (veg_code - 3 3 I)* coded
      with vegetation classification number.  See
      Supplemental Info under Id Info above for complete
      listing of attribute codes and their descriptions;
      (photo - 6 6 I) coded with associated photo
      number; (location - 10 10 I) coded according to
      whether the polygon is in the park or environs
      (buffer) area; (pdog - 2 2 I) for prairie dog
      colonies coded with 0 (no pdog holes) or 1
      (polygon has pdog holes); and (lspr - 2 2 I) for
      leafy spurge coded with 0 for none and 1 for
      polygon has leafy spurge.  These last two itens
      were used to show areas that were not classified
      as prairie dog colonies or leafy spurge but had
      substantial pdog use or leafy spurge; Also, each
      arc was coded as follows: (digtype - 2 2 I)) coded
      to identify how the arc was transferred into the
      database or type of arc as follows:   1 =
      heads-up, on screen digitizing; 2 = scanned mylar;
      3 = arc associated with GIS project border; 4 =
      arc associated with quarterquad border; 5 = arc
      associated with park border. (veg_code - 3 3 I)
      linear wetland features coded with vegetation
      classification number.  Arcs attributed class 14
      were extracted and put into a separate (line)
      coverage named drainage.  Some of the class 14
      arcs remained in the _veg coverage if it also
      delineated a unique polygon. BOUNDARY COVERAGES:
      bndrypark - Park boundary coverage.  This coverage
      was obtained from Theodore Roosevelt National Park
      Headquarters. bndryproj - GIS mapping project
      area. bndryquad - Boundaries of all the 7.5m
      quads. bndrygrds - Grad-sect boundaries. Coding
      Information: bndrypark - line coverage - no custom
      attributing. bndryproj - line coverage - no custom
      attributing. bndryquad - polygon coverage with
      labels in each quad polygon with the following
      items: (quadname - 8 8 c) - abbreviated name for
      each quad; (fullname - 20 20 c) - full quadname.
      DATA COVERAGES: dataobsv
      - Point coverage of observation data points.
      dataplot - Point coverage of plot data points.
      Coding Information: Label points with items as
      follows: (plot_code - 3 3 n) coded with plot
      number from plot data sheets; (veg_code - 14 14 c)
      coded with veg class text; (type - 10 10 c) coded
      with broad vegetation class (eg: woodland). Note1:
      x-coord and y-coord added with ARC/INFO "addxy"
      command. Note2:  Field data points were collected
      with GPS units set to datum NAD27.  All coverages
      were re-projected into Datum NAD83 so the x- y-
      coordinates will not match those shown on the data
      sheets. OTHER COVERAGES: sec_roads - Line coverage
      of secondary roads digitized from USGS DOQQ.
      railroads - Line coverage of railroads digitized
      from USGS DOQQ. The parks projects will be using
      DOQQ's as the basemap for transfer of information
      from the photos to the GIS database.  The DOQQ's
      are standard USGS product and are in datum of
      NAD83. (*) Item definition in the arc/info
      database.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
      Theodore Roosevelt National Park, USGS/NPS
      Vegetation Mapping Program, Techincial Memorandum
      No. 8260-00-04, USBR

Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator
        Contact_Organization: Center For Biological Informatics, USGS/BRD
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: P.O. Box 24046, MS-302
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-202-4259
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4229
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-202-4219 (org)
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov
      Hours_of_Service: 7:30am to 4:00 pm Mon-Fri, Mountain Time
  Resource_Description: Theodore Roosevelt National Park Vegetation Maps
  Distribution_Liability:
    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.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: ARC/INFO
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Offline_Option:
          Offline_Media: CD-ROM
          Recording_Format: ISO 9660
    Fees: Media, Shipping, and Handling
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Digital_Form:
      Digital_Transfer_Information:
        Format_Name: HTML
      Digital_Transfer_Option:
        Online_Option:
          Computer_Contact_Information:
            Network_Address:
              Network_Resource_Name: http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/thro/index.html
    Fees: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 200001
  Metadata_Review_Date: 20071108
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program Coordinator
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address:
          U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Biological Informatics, MS 302,
          Room 8000, Building 810, Denver Federal Center
        City: Denver
        State_or_Province: Colorado
        Postal_Code: 80225
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 202-4220
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 202-4219
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-b-npsveg@usgs.gov
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999 Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, 1998 Part 1: Biological Data Profile, 1999
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