Whitehorse Vegetation Inventory Polygons from 2005

Vegetation inventory polygons delineate forest and cover attributes for the Whitehorse, Yukon area at a 1:10,000 scale. Field work was conducted in winter 2004/2005 and delivered by a contractor in October 2005. Delineation was based on 1:10,000 black and white photography acquired in 2001.

Use Cases

• Analyze vegetation polygon attributes like tree age and type to model forest composition near Whitehorse.
• Map forest cover changes by comparing delineated polygons from 2005 with newer aerial photography.
• Integrate polygon data with a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for topographic analysis of vegetation distribution.

Strengths

• Inventory based on high-resolution 1:10,000 scale black and white photography.
• Polygons contain detailed information on attributes like tree age and type.
• Project integrates new mapping and a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for the area.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, representing ground conditions from 2004/2005.
• No row or column counts are provided to assess dataset scale.
• Data format (ESRI REST) may require specialized GIS software for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon, distributed via GeoYukon.

Collection Method

Field work and contractor delivery, with delineation based on 2001 aerial photography.

Time Range

Field work winter 2004/2005, project delivery October 2005.

Freshness

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Geography

Whitehorse, Yukon area.