U.S. Idaho Land Cover and Wildlife Data from Landsat Imagery

400 data sets within this database provide statewide coverage for Idaho. The data layers include vertebrate distribution, land ownership, land management statistics, and vegetation cover types, created by the USGS Gap Analysis Program through visual interpretation of Landsat TM satellite imagery. The update characteristics are described as occurring where changes have been detected.

Use Cases

• Modeling vertebrate species habitats based on distribution data layers.
• Analyzing land use patterns and conservation priorities based on land ownership and management statistics.
• Classifying and monitoring vegetation cover types across Idaho.

Strengths

• Statewide coverage for Idaho.
• 400 data sets within the database.
• Includes multiple integrated data layers: vertebrate distribution, land ownership, management statistics, and vegetation.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific Landsat scenes and groundwork used.

Provenance

Source

USGS - Gap Analysis Program

Collection Method

Visual interpretation of Landsat TM satellite imagery, supplemented with some groundwork.

Time Range

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Freshness

Update frequency varies; data is not currently being collected.

Geography

State of Idaho, USA