GIS Data Specifications for Resource Mapping, Inventories, and Studies

Summary:
Resource Management (RM) and Inventory and Monitoring (I&M;) projects and activities generate both spatial and tabular data sets. These data sets will be incorporated into park, regional, and national databases and made available to a wide range of users. In order for this to occur effectively, certain standards and product specifications must be followed. This document provides general standards for spatial data collection and submission. Park-, network-, region-, and program-level project managers may require further specifications and must approve any deviation from these standards.

This document is maintained by the National GIS and Inventory & Monitoring Program.