Description: This dataset combines the work of several different projects to create a seamless data set for the contiguous United States. Data from four regional Gap Analysis Projects and the LANDFIRE project were combined to make this dataset.
Copyright Text: Online references U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program- (http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/gaplandcover/viewer/) Northwest Gap Analysis Project- (http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/) Southwest Gap Analysis Project- (http://earth.gis.usu.edu/swgap/) Southeast Gap Analysis Project- (http://www.basic.ncsu.edu/segap/) California Gap land cover Project - (http://gap.uidaho.edu/index.php/california-land-cover/) LANDFIRE- (http://www.landfire.gov/) Landscope- (http://www.landscope.org/) NatureServe- (http://natureserve.org/) National Land Cover Dataset- (http://www.epa.gov/mrlc/nlcd-2001.html)