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Poplars, Aspens and Cottonwoods (Genus Populus) in Canada 2011

The raster maps depict a suite of forest attributes in 2001* and 2011 at 250 m by 250 m spatial resolution. The maps were produced using the k nearest neighbours method applied to MODIS imagery and trained from National Forest Inventory photo plot data. For detailed information about map production methods please refer to Beaudoin et al. (2018) "Tracking forest attributes across Canada between 2001 and 2011 using the k nearest neighbours mapping approach applied to MODIS imagery." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48, 85-93. https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=38979

The map datasets may be downloaded from https://nfi.nfis.org/downloads/nfi_knn2011.zip or https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ec9e2659-1c29-4ddb-87a2-6aced147a990

* Note: the forest composition (leading tree genus) map depicts forest attributes in 2001.

How can this data be used?

The resolution and accuracy of these map products are best suited for strategic-level forest reporting and informing policy and decision making at regional to national scales. As these maps also offer a coherent set of quantitative values for a large suite of forest attributes, they can be used as baseline information for modelling and in calculations such as merchantable forest volume or percentage of tree species. It is also possible to overlay these maps with other maps produced on the same pixel grid to make assessments of disturbance impacts, such as fire and harvests.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2016-12-22
Date ( RI_367 )
2017-11-22
RI_418
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Laurentian Forest Service - André Beaudoin ( Research Scientist, Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling )
1055 rue du P.E.P.S., C.P. 10380, succ. Sainte-Foy , Québec , Quebec , G1V4C7 , Canada
1 (418) 6484492
1-418-6485849
www.rncan.gc.ca/forets/centres-recherche/cfl/13474
RI_419
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service (CFS) - Pierre Bernier ( Research Scientist, Forest Productivity )
1055 Du P.E.P.S. Street, P.O. Box 10380, 1st Floor, Room: 16A , Québec , Quebec , G1V 4C7 , Canada
1-418-648-4524
1-418-648-5849
https://nfi.nfis.org
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Forests
  • Forestry
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
Use constraints
licenseUnrestricted; licenceSansRestriction RI_610
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2001-05-31
End date
2011-09-30
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3979 /
Distribution format
  • GeoTIF ( 1 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service (CFS) - NFI Support ( )
506 West Burnside Road , Victoria , British Columbia , V8Z 1M5 , Canada
1-250-363-0600
https://nfi.nfis.org
Hours of service
08:00 - 16:00
OnLine resource
Forest Attribute Maps of Canada ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GeoTIF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Mapping attributes of Canada’s forests at moderate resolution through kNN and MODIS imagery ( HTTP )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Poplars, Aspens and Cottonwoods (Genus Populus) in Canada 2011 ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Poplars, Aspens and Cottonwoods (Genus Populus) in Canada 2011 ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
Canada's National Forest Inventory (NFI) (English) ( HTTPS )

Application;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Canada's National Forest Inventory (NFI) (French) ( HTTPS )

Application;HTML;fra

File identifier
12e7637a-4c5c-4550-90ab-06040ae1e932 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2019-10-04T14:11:40
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service (CFS) - Brian Low ( Manager, National Forest Information System )
506 West Burnside Road , Victoria , British Columbia , V8Z 1M5 , Canada
1-250-298-2411
http://nfis.org
 
 

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