Data Management of the Crown of the Continent Landscape Analysis
The central mission of the Crown of the Continent Landscape Analysis effort is to provide timely and usable scientific information about the status and trends of ecological health within the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE) to the extensive network of Crown Managers Partnership (CMP) and Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC) collaborators. To meet this challenge, we need an information management system that can effectively produce, maintain, and distribute the products of scientific work done as a result of the project.
Data Management Mission
Our mission to support the program through promoting effective data management can be summarized as follows:
• Data Quality – Ensure that appropriate quality assurance measures are taken during all phases of project development, data acquisition, data handling, summary and analysis, reporting, and archival
• Security – Make certain that both digital and analog forms of both source and derived data are maintained and archived in an environment that provides appropriate levels of access to project managers, technicians, decision makers, and others
• Interpretability – Accompany sufficient documentation with each dataset and any reports and summaries derived from it, so as to ensure that users will have an informed appreciation of its applicability and limitations
• Availability – Expand the availability of natural resource information by ensuring that our products are created, documented, and maintained in a manner that is transparent to the potential users of these products.
• Longevity – Enhance the longevity of datasets by thorough documentation, by maintaining the data in a widely interpretable format, and by appropriate archival measures
Data Management Objectives
In implementing a data management system we will strive for the following:
• Confidence in the security and availability of natural resource data and related information
• Easy access to most information, and appropriate safeguards for sensitive information
• Awareness of the intended use and limitations of each dataset
• Infrastructure and documentation that encourages data exploration
• Compatibility of datasets for exploration and analysis at multiple scales and across disciplines
Data Management Products
Our geospatial library is comprised of synthesized, trans-boundary data within the CCE including:
• Anthropogenic Alterations
o Roads
• Geographic Administration
o Census
• Hydrologic
o Riparian Areas
o Stream/Road Intersections
o Streams/Rivers
o Watershed Boundaries
• Land Features
o Ecoregions
o Landcover
o Phenology
• Natural Disturbance
o Fire History
o Insect Infestations
Access our geospatial products including:
• Geodatabases
• Metadata
• GIS map documents
• Map images
Access documentation of our products including:
• Data Mining Report
• NPScape Report
Access other documents including:
• Data agreements
• Resources and guides
• Presentations
• Historical CMP documents