Appropriate uses include:
Inappropriate uses include:
GAP Codes
GAP CODE DESIGNATIONS ******************************************************************************** 1 National Park, National Monument, Wilderness Area, Nature Reserve/Preserve, Research Natural Area 2 State Parks, State Recreation Areas, National Wildlife Refuge, National Recreation Area, Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Wilderness Study Area, Conservation Easement, Private Conservation Land, National Seashore 3 BLM Holdings, Military Reservations, National Forests, State Forest, Wildlife Management Areas, Game and Fish Preserves, Fish Hatcheries, State Commemorative Area, Access Area, National Grassland, ACOE Holding 4 Private Land, Tribal Land, City Park, Undesignated State Land, County Land, City Land
There were hundreds of different designation types in the statewide coverages. Designations not mentioned above were assigned GAP codes determined by the usual management strategy for that land type. We consulted state officials when we were unsure of the management status of a given designation type. In some cases, we were unable to determine the management type for a given designation using the above strategies. In these cases, we assigned a GAP code by consensus of several CBI scientists who are knowledgeable about land use issues within the U.S. *Please note that MN GAP has assigned some additional GAP codes which are described in their metadata file.
For the United States, we assigned IUCN codes based on the IUCN's categories for conservation management (IUCN 1994). In general, parcels with a GAP code of 1 corresponded to IUCN categories I-III; GAP code 2 corresponded to IUCN categories IV and V; some GAP code 3 parcels corresponded to IUCN category VI, while others with intensive extractive uses (e.g. National Forest) are not covered under the IUCN's conservation management categories, and therefore did not receive an IUCN code.
pad4_alb.PAT Polygon Attribute TableCOLUMN ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE DEC DESCRIPTION 1 AREA 8 18 F 5 Total area in square meters 9 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 Total perimeter in meters 17 PAD4_ALB# 4 5 B - Poly internal id number 21 PAD4_ALB-ID 4 5 B - Poly user id number 25 AREANAME 50 50 C - Parcel name 75 AREANAME2 50 50 C - Secondary parcel name 125 DESIGNATION 50 50 C - Type of protected areas 175 DESIGNATION2 50 50 C - Type of area in which primary parcel is located 225 OWNER 15 15 C - Level of government that owns parcel 245 AGENCY 50 50 C - Owner or managing agency 295 IUCNCAT 5 5 C - IUCN protection level 300 GAPCAT 4 4 N - GAP protection level (1-3) 304 STATE 2 2 C - 2-letter state abbreviation 306 SOURCE 50 50 C - Code corresponding to data source 356 ACRES 8 18 F 0 Area of parcel in acres--this item does not recalculate after the file is altered 364 HA 8 18 F 0 Area of parcel in hectares--this item does not recalculate after the file is altered 372 AVSORT 35 35 C - Simplified designation name for use in mapping in ESRI's ArcView®
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