Prospect Hill Tract GIS

• Investigators: Emery Boose, David Foster, Ann Lezberg
• Contact: Emery Boose
• Start date: 1733-01-01
• End date: 1986-12-31
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Latitude: +42.53 to +42.55
• Longitude: -72.20 to -72.17
• Elevation: 280 to 420 meters
• Taxa:
• Keywords: elevation, forest type, GIS, land use, soils
• Release date: 1999
• EML version: knb-lter-hfr.55.2
• Revisions:
• Abstract:

  This dataset contains elevation, 1986 forest type, land-use history, and soils maps for the Prospect Hill Tract, digitized from paper maps in the Harvard Forest Archives. File format = Idrisi 4.1 binary. Resolution = 10m x 10m. Coordinates = UTM zone 18. Datum = 1927 North American. See the accompanying Readme file for more details. This dataset has been replaced with a new vector series for the entire Harvard Forest (see HF110).

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  This dataset is released to the public and may be freely downloaded. Please keep the designated Contact person informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation or collaboration with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset must include proper acknowledgement. For more information on LTER Network data access and use policies, please see: http://www.lternet.edu/data/netpolicy.html.

• Related datasets: HF110