Survey of alternative geographic data bases covering Montana and Wyoming for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service geographic information system
By: by Information Systems Technical Laboratory, Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc. ; performed for Western Energy and Land Use Team, Office of Biological Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Contributors: Salmen, Larry; Gropper, James; Hamill, John F. (John Francis), 1950-; Reed, Carl N.; Burnham, Kenneth P.; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Western Energy and Land Use Team; Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development Program (U.S.); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Biological Services
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Published: 1977
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Geography; Data processing; Information storage and retrieval systems; Geographic information systems; MOSS (Computer program); Electronic data processing; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Other titles: Survey of alternative geographic databases covering Montana and Wyoming for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service GIS
Description: This report documents the results of an extensive survey of over 400 existing data bases covering the states of Montana and Wyoming. The data bases surveyed included automated and non-automlated data relating to twelve physical, biological and economic factors which are of potential value to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region Six, as well as other state and federal natural resource planners. Data bases that fell into the following twelve subject areas were inventoried: soils; geology; climate; vegetation; land use; ownership; topography; socio-economics; wildlife resources; water resources; mineral industry plans; and land management plans.
Notes: Cover title.

"FWS/OBS-77."

"Sept., 1977."

"FRMS: technical report 2.3."

FRMS technical staff: Larry Salmen ; James Gropper ; John Hamill ; Carl Reed.

Project officer: Kenneth P. Burnham.

"U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contract no. 14-16-0008-2155 ; Interagency agreement no. EPA-IAG-D5-E685."

"This study was conducted as part of the Federal Interagency/Environmental Research and Development Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."

Research performed led to the development of the Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) GIS.