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Relative Wilderness of the Eastern United States

Entry ID: Relative_Wilderness_Eastern_US

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Summary

Abstract: Relative Wildness of the eastern United States. A combination of
data representing the six attributes of the land that contribute to
its wildness. These attributes are solitude, remoteness, uncontrolled
process, natural composition, unaltered structure, and pollution. For
a full treatment of the wildness concept see "Indicators of Wildness:
Using Attributes of the Land to Assess the Context of ...

Description: Related GCMD metadata on "Relative Wilderness of the Chesapeake
Bay Watershed".

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 51.84

S: 22.47

E: -65.76

W: -128.3

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Mark E. Wilbert and Gregory Aplet Ph.D.

Dataset Title: Relative Wilderness of the Eastern United States

Dataset Release Date: 2001-10-01

Dataset Publisher: The Wilderness Society

Data Presentation Form: raster digital data

Location Keywords

VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALABAMA > Alabama

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MANAGEMENT

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

ECONOMY

Platform

MAPS

Quality Computing relative wildness involves assigning nominal (rank) values
to source data, then summing those ranks. We recognize that
mathematical summation is strictly not appropriate for nominal
data. We utilize this technique for lack of a reasonable
alternative. A review of conservation research literature shows that
this is a commonly used technique, so we are, at least, in good
company in our inappropriateness.

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

GIS

Wilderness Society

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

The Wilderness Society

Data Center

The Wilderness Society

Data Center URL: http://www.wilderness.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARK E. WILBERT Phone: 206-624-6430 ext. 229 Fax: 206-624-7101 Email: mwilbert at twsnw.org Contact Address: 1424 Fourth Avenue, Suite 816 City: Seattle Province or State: WA Postal Code: 98101 Country: USA

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

"Ecological Processes at the Ecoregional Scale: Considerations for
Portfolio Design; Guidelines for Ecoregional Team Leaders from the
Stewardship Expert Team; Draft Date: August 1998.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-11-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2003-10-23

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