State Reports - Louisiana The Louisiana Gap Analysis Project is currently editing/refining the final vegetation map layer. This step will insure connectivity between classified TM panels and also between classified TM panels and National Wetlands Inventory data. The vegetation classification process is scheduled for completion in summer 1997. The Louisiana GAP team is continuing the compilation of the ground-truth data into a database. To help facilitate the process of collecting ground-truth accuracy data, the GAP team purchased a Rockwell PLGR+96. This product will allow us to get real-time GPS coordinates in the field, with a reasonable resolution. A digital camera to collect photos of ground-truth locations was purchased. Definitions to the vegetation classification terms are still in progress. The Louisiana Breeding Bird Atlas Survey was completed this year. The draft report has been reviewed, and the final report is in press. Vegetation data collected in the field during the breeding bird survey are currently being entered into a database for use in the vegetation accuracy assessment. Members of the Louisiana GAP team were invited to attend the first Mississippi GAP meeting (April 29, 1997) to discuss cooperation between the two states and other issues that might help them with their project. The Louisiana GAP team presented a paper at the 1997 ESRI User’s Conference, entitled "Louisiana GAP Analysis Project: Usage of Auxiliary Data Sets" during the Basic Method’s for National GAP Land Cover Mapping session. |