{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:24"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "NPS IRMA Help", "hasEmail": "mailto:NRSS_DataStore@nps.gov"}, "description": "The Everglades National Park vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). It is a cooperative effort between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (NPS VMI). The goal of this project is to produce a spatially and thematically  accurate vegetation map of Everglades National Park (EVER) prior to the completion of restoration efforts associated with CERP. This spatial product will serve as a record of baseline vegetation conditions for the purpose of: (1) documenting changes to the spatial extent, pattern, and proportion of plant communities within EVER as they respond to hydrologic modifications resulting from the implementation of the CERP; and (2) providing vegetation and land-cover information to NPS park managers and scientists for use in resource management, research, and monitoring.\n\nThe vegetation map of EVER covers an area of 4,482.2 square kilometers (1.108 million acres [ac]) and consists of four mapping regions: Region 1 \u2013 Shark River Slough/Long Pine Key; Region 2 \u2013 The Southeast Saline Everglades; Region 3 \u2013 The Southwest Coastal Everglades; and Region 4 \u2013 The Northwest Coastal Everglades. Region 1 was mapped by the SFWMD and USACE while Regions 2-4 were mapped by the South Florida Caribbean Network (SFCN). \n\nPhoto-interpretation on the map was performed by superimposing a 50 \u00d7 50-meter (164 \u00d7 164-feet [ft] or 0.25 hectare [0.61 ac]) grid cell vector matrix over stereoscopic, 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) spatial resolution, color-infrared aerial imagery, acquired by the SFWMD in 2009, on a digital photogrammetric workstation. Photo-interpreters identified the dominant community in each cell by applying majority-rule algorithms, recognizing community-specific spectral signatures, and referencing an extensive ground-truth database. The dominant vegetation community within each grid cell was classified using a hierarchical classification system developed for this project. Additionally, photo-interpreters categorized the absolute cover of invasive species and cattails (Typha sp.) detected as either: Sparse (10\u201349%), Dominant (50\u201389%), or Monotypic (90\u2013100%).", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Everglades National Park (Regions 1-4) Vegetation Map, Spatial Data and Report", "downloadURL": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/660232?Reference=2286556", "format": "zip", "mediaType": "application/zip", "title": "EVER_VegMap_Geospatial_Product_&_Report_v20210518.zip"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2286556", "issued": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z", "keyword": ["Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex", "Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Landscape Dynamics | Land Cover and Use", "RECOVER", "coastal everglades", "everglades", "long pine key", "shark river slough", "southeast saline everglades", "vegetation mapping"], "landingPage": "https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2286556", "modified": "2021-06-01T00:00:00Z", "programCode": ["010:118", "010:119"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Park Service"}, "spatial": "-81.5208359,24.85675,-80.38847,25.8923912", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "The Vegetation of Everglades National Park: Final Report (Spatial Data)"}