This layer contains the Forest Type across the contiguous United States and Alaska. A brief summary of the item is not available. Add a brief summary about the item.
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Item created: Oct 2, 2013 Item updated: Apr 26, 2024 View count: 381,620
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The purpose of this layer is to portray broad distribution patterns of forest cover in the United States and provide input to national scale modeling projects. Knowing where various forest types occur can be used to predict wildlife movements or design corridors, or to predict the effect of climate change on forest species.
Dataset Summary
The dataset was developed as a collaborative effort between the USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis and Forest Health Monitoring programs and the USFS Remote Sensing Applications Center. The source format is 250-meter raster. This layer covers the entire United States.
The original forest type layer is available from the USDA portal.
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This layer has query, identify, and export image services available. The layer is restricted to a 24,000 x 24,000 pixel limit, which represents an area of nearly 450 miles on a side.
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Dashboard views: Desktop
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Applicable: 2d
Size: 1 KB
ID: 3f6068f9712a441bbd14ec6af74576ca
Image Count: 0
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No acknowledgements.Source: USDA - FIA Program, RSAC, Esri
Comments (3)
what do i need to do to see the various tools and how to use it.
Wade, You can make a server connection in ArcMap and use the data directly in GP tools and model builder. There is a recent blog post (http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/09/22/use-living-atlas-image-services-in-your-desktop-analysis/) that describes how to use the data in desktop. Once you have an Image Server Layer you can save out a chunk of the data to your local disk.
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