This GIS data set represents the low impact urban habitat type reselected from the fl_veg03 data set (2003). In 1990, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) completed a project to map Florida vegetation and land cover using 1985-89 Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite imagery. The resulting digital database contained 17 natural and semi-natural land cover types, 4 land cover types indicative of human disturbance, and 1 water class. By 2003 (the year of the imagery used in this project), the earlier data set (comprised mostly of 1986-87 imagery) was about 16-17 years old, and could no longer be considered current. Not only was the earlier vegetation and land cover data set becoming out of date, but so were the wildlife and strategic habitat models that were based on that data. In order to keep our vegetation, land cover, and wildlife habitat models current, FWC staff realized the need to develop a new, updated vegetation and land cover map for Florida. Disturbed areas within urbanized areas that may or may not be vegetated. Examples of land uses included in this category are lawns, golf courses, road shoulders, grassy areas surrounding places such as airports, park facilities, etc. Many secondary roads, such as forest roads, are included in this category.
The purpose is to show the coastal strand habitat type derived from fl_veg03 (digital vegetation and land cover data set for Florida derived from 2003 Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper satellite imagery).
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
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Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
This data set was converted from the original GRID data set to a vector coverage using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst. The coverage was loaded to ArcSDE 9.1 to a feature dataset with a precision value of 1, so that rounding errors would not change the area from the value in the 30 meter gris.
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
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Feature geometry.
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
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The GRIDCODE attribute represents the habitat type.
ISM_Landcover_2003
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
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