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Glacier National Park

(This includes Waterton Lakes National Park)

Products available:

  • Aerial Photography
    • Aerial Photo Flight Line Index - coming soon
  • Vegetation Information
    • Project Report ( 12M) (Full Document)
    Appendices ( 31M) (Full Document)
    Vegetation Class Field Key
    Vegetation Descriptions
    Photos of Map Classes ( 14K)
  • Field Data
    • Metadata
  • Geospatial Vegetation Information
    • Browse Graphic of Vegetation Communities "glacveg.pdf" (556K)
    Large Browse Graphic of Vegetation Communities "glacveg_large.pdf" (2.4M)
    Self extracting files containing Arc files "glac.exe" (124M)

    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Spatial Vegetation Data, please download glac.exe)
    Spatial Vegetation Data Metadata (140K)

    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Spatial Vegetation Metadata, please download glac.exe)
    Self extracting files containing Arc files for Park Boundary "glacbdy.exe" (154k)

    (Includes Waterton Lakes National Park Boundary Data)
    Boundary Metadata ( 28K)

    (Glacier National Park & Waterton Lakes National Park Boundary Metadata has one metadata for both parks)
  • Accuracy Assessment Information
    • Methods of Accuracy Assessment
    Results of Accuracy Assessment
    Plot of Accuracy Assessment Points "glacaa.pdf" (538K)
    Self extracting files containing Arc files for accuracy assessment points "glacaa.exe"(157k)

    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Accuracy Assessment Data, please download glacaa.exe)
    Accuracy Assessment Contingency Table (187K)
    Wateron Lakes National Park Accuracy Assessment Contingency Table (164K)
    Excel format file of Contingency Table "aa_matrix.xls" (96.5k)
    Accuracy Assessment Metadata ( 47K)

    (For Waterton Lakes National Park Accuracy Assessment Metadata, please download glacaa.exe)
  • Program Tools

    • Please note: PDF versions of Glacier National Park documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view them. Users should download a free copy of Acrobat Reader.

    National Park Service Information about Glacier

    Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada


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