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THE NEVADA GEOSPATIAL DATA BROWSER
Citation:
KEPNER, W. G. AND D. F. BRADFORD. THE NEVADA GEOSPATIAL DATA BROWSER. Presented at United States Geological Survey, Henderson, NV, May 21, 2008.
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Description:
The Landscape Ecology Branch of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Las Vegas, NV) has developed the Nevada Geospatial Data Browser, a spatial data archive to centralize and distribute the geospatial data used to create the land cover, vertebrate habitat models, and land ownership/stewardship maps produced for the Nevada ecoregional component of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project. The purpose of the data browser is to provide a one-stop, easy-access product for the user community to assist in natural resource management and improve environmental decision-making. The Nevada Geospatial Data Browser utilizes data from a number of sources and has assembled 36 complete GIS datasets into 10 data categories (land cover maps, land cover training data, digital elevation model, soils and geology, climate data, ecoregional boundaries, political boundaries, hydrology, miscellaneous land cover [i.e., sand dunes and fire history], and miscellaneous vector data [i.e., roads, quad boundaries, Landsat scene boundaries, cities and towns]) for the entire state of Nevada. The data browser includes important metadata information relative to acquisition, location, processing level, projection, file size, and format and is currently available on-line via the EPA Web site (www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/gap.htm).