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Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Appalachian National Scenic Trail - Open Format Data Package

Published by National Park Service | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 04:07 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 17, 2022 at 12:00 AM
These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Appalachian National Scenic Trail. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.

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description These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Appalachian National Scenic Trail. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.
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identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2314433
issued 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
keyword 
[
  "APPA",
  "Accuracy Assessment",
  "Appalachian National Scenic Trail",
  "Botanical Survey",
  "Classification",
  "Database",
  "Habitat Types",
  "Imagery",
  "NVC",
  "NVCS",
  "National Vegetation Classification",
  "Plots",
  "Releve",
  "Remote Sensing",
  "USNVCS",
  "Vegetation",
  "Vegetation Inventory",
  "Vegetation Map",
  "Vegetation Mapping"
]
landingPage https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2314433
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
modified 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
programCode 
[
  "010:118",
  "010:119"
]
publisher 
{
  "name": "National Park Service",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
spatial -84.222,34.6162,-68.9041,45.9131
temporal 1976-07-22/2015-10-05
theme 
[
  "Data Package"
]
title Field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Appalachian National Scenic Trail - Open Format Data Package

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