Description
Main TitleNew Jersey Digital Land Dataset Comparison and Integration Analysis
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Date Created2003-01-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: NA
Subject (Topical)environmental data; geography; habitats; land; land use; landscape; soils; digital data sets; planning; watershed management area
DescriptionThe primary objectives of this study were: 1) to conduct an analysis of five statewide projects undertaken to classify and map New Jersey's ever-changing landscape to understand how these data sets compare and can augment one another and 2) to provide guidance to data users and environmental managers to aid in the application of these digital data sets. The five data sets analyzed include: NJDEP's Land Use/Land Cover data (based primarily on air photos); Rutgers University's Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Land Cover data (based primarily on satellite imagery); NJDEP's GAP Analysis data (based primarily on satellite imagery and videography); NJDEP's ECOMAP (based primarily on soils maps and digital elevation modeling); and NJDEP's Critical Wildlife Habitat Mapping (based primarily on the Rutgers land cover mapping and NJDEP's wildlife species locational data). The study provides multiple analyses: statewide, regional, watershed, and municipal, depending upon data availability and applicability. Information is also provided as to how the data may be useful for developing environmental indicators; for municipal planning; and for natural vegetation community mapping. Recommendations are made regarding the additive values of the geographic coverages; the strengths of the coverages (as well as information regarding their limits); and recommendations for future improvements.
NoteCo-Principal Investigators: Richard G. Lathrop, Director,
Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University and John Hasse, Rowan University
NoteThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science, Research and Technology supported this study through a mini-grant from the New Jersey Center for Environmental Indicators, a collaboration of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Rutgers University, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Genrereports
Organization NameRutgers University Libraries
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