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The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network Standard GIS Data Layers, 2020 version

Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network

The USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research was established to develop national strategies for sustainable intensification of agricultural production. As part of the Agricultural Research Service, the LTAR Network incorporates numerous geographies consisting of experimental areas and locations where data are being gathered. Starting in early 2019, two working groups of the LTAR Network (Remote Sensing and GIS, and Data Management) set a major goal to jointly develop a geodatabase of LTAR Standard GIS Data Layers. The purpose of the geodatabase was to enhance the Network's ability to utilize coordinated, harmonized datasets and reduce redundancy and potential errors associated with multiple copies of similar datasets. Project organizers met at least twice with each of the 18 LTAR sites from September 2019 through December 2020, compiling and editing a set of detailed geospatial data layers comprising a geodatabase, describing essential data collection areas within the LTAR Network.

The LTAR Standard GIS Data Layers geodatabase consists of geospatial data that represent locations and areas associated with the LTAR Network as of late 2020, including LTAR site locations, addresses, experimental plots, fields and watersheds, eddy flux towers, and phenocams. There are six data layers in the geodatabase available to the public. This geodatabase was created in 2019-2020 by the LTAR network as a national collaborative effort among working groups and LTAR sites. The creation of the geodatabase began with initial requests to LTAR site leads and data managers for geospatial data, followed by meetings with each LTAR site to review the initial draft. Edits were documented, and the final draft was again reviewed and certified by LTAR site leads or their delegates. Revisions to this geodatabase will occur biennially, with the next revision scheduled to be published in 2023.

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Modified
2022-01-05
Release Date
2021-04-02
Frequency
Biennial
Identifier
56272548-c617-49b6-9f79-566d56ebc177
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area
POLYGON ((-125.419921875 25.393660521998, -125.419921875 49.432412580248, -66.005859375 49.432412580248, -66.005859375 25.393660521998))
Publisher
Ag Data Commons
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
These data cover locations of LTAR Network sites within the conterminous US (CONUS).
Temporal Coverage
January 1, 2011
License
Contact Name
Coffin, Alisa
Contact Email
Public Access Level
Public
Program Code
005:040 - Department of Agriculture - National Research
Bureau Code
005:18 - Agricultural Research Service