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News Latest US Fish and Wildlife update Wetland Mapping Standards | US Fish and Wildlife update Wetland Mapping Standards |
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| Monday, 24 August 2009 | |
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The US FWS released an updated Wetlands Mapping Standard to better support accurate mapping and classification of wetlands, with an emphasis on the use of Geoegraphic Information Systems (GIS) which are predominant, in comparison to when mapping standards were first created. The new standard is also dedigned to be more conpatible with datasets from other government agencies, including the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and NOAA datasets. For more information, read the report here . |
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| Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 August 2009 ) |
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