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in New Mexico at a scale of 1:250,000. It is in a vector digital data
structure. The source software was Optional DLG-3 and the conversion
software was ARC/INFO 6.1.2. For documentation refer to USGS Data
Users Guide 4, National Mapping Program, Technical Instruction, 1986,
Reston, VA. These data are processed in 1:250,000 scale map units,
therefore file size varies for each map unit. Chaco Mesa was processed
at 1:100,000 scale.
Descriptors:
Land Use, Land Cover, New Mexico
land uses and land cover types in New Mexico. Examples of land uses
are residential, industrial, transportation, cropland, and pasture.
Examples of land cover are evergreen forest, lakes, wetlands, dry salt
flats, and tundra.
Intended use of data
These data are typically used as base data for other coverages. They
are also intended for use with remote sensor data.
Revisions made to data
Unknown
Reviews applied to data
Unknown
Related spatial and tabular data sets and programs
Unknown
References cited
U.S.G.S. 1986, Land Use and Land Cover Digital Data from 1:250,000-
and 1:100,000-Scale Maps, National Mapping Program, Technical
Instructions, Data Users Guide 4.
Notes
Most files from the Resource Geogrpahic Information System (RGIS)
Clearinghouse are $45.00 each, plus $25.00 media charge (tapes,
cartridges, etc.). The media charge may be waived if the purchaser
provides the media. CD-ROM's comtaining all New Mexico coverages
in the RGIS Clearinghouse can be purchased as a 3-CD set for $400.00,
any single CD can be purchased for $150.00.
liability for the misuse of the data. Data should be used at the
scale for which they were intended. No warranty expressed or implied
is made by Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC) regarding the utility
of the data on any other systems nor shall the act of distribution
constitute such warranty.
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation Resolution as reported
numeric codes representing different types of land uses and land covers.
Level 1 contains the more general descriptions: 1= urban or built-up
land, 2= agricultural land, 3= rangeland, 4= forest land, 5= water,
6= wetland, 7= barren land, 8= tundra, 9= perennial snow or ice.
Level2 codes are breakdowns of level1 codes. 11= residential, 12=
commercial and services, 13= industrial, 14= transportation, communi-
cations, and utilities, 15= industrial and commercial complexes,
16= mixed urban or built-up land, 17= other urban or built-up land, 21=
cropland and pasture, etc.