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General

• How is The Nature Conservancy (TNC) involved in LANDFIRE?
• What is the connection between LANDFIRE and Landsat satellite imagery?
• How do I cite LANDFIRE data products?
• At what scale should LANDFIRE data be used?
• What map projection do I need to do a fire analysis?
• LANDFIRE data are in what projection?
• Why am I unable to view Hawaii data using Web Coverage Service (WCS)?
• I have been working with the GAP/LANDFIRE National Terrestrial Ecosystems 2011 vegetation data set and I have a few questions about some of the non-natural vegetation categories. Is there a place where I can find information on the categories?
• Are there a full LANDFIRE Mapzone Extent shapefiles available?
• How do I classify a raster using LF Data with QGIS?

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ArcGIS

• Why am I unable to select ArcGrid when downloading data in the new LF Viewer?
• Is there an easy way to utilize the color attribute fields of LF product raster attribute tables to map and apply this color symbology (RGB) to the raster in Arc?

LFPS

• Can I join my attribute table to my multi-band GeoTIFF file I downloaded from LFPS?

Fire Regimes Data

• Is VCC the same as FRCC?
• How are reference conditions generated?
• What summary units are used in VCC?
• Why did the layer name change from FRCC to VCC?

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Fuel Data

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LF 2016 Remap

• What is different with Vegetation for LF Remap?
• What year does LF Remap represent?
• What are the imagery dates for LF Remap?

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LF Data Access Tool (LFDAT)

• With the release of the new LF Viewer, where did the LANDFIRE Data Access Tool (LFDAT) go?

Data Streaming

• Was there a change in streaming LF data?
• How can I access the LANDFIRE Product Service (LFPS)?
• What are alternative options now that the map service is retired?

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LF Total Fuel Change Tool (LFTFC)

• What do the LFTFC professionals do in areas that have multiple disturbances over the 10-year period, such as a harvest, then a pile treatment, and then a pile burn treatment in consecutive years?
• We are having a hard time working with the Master_CMB as a lookup due to the size. I know it's typical to work in ArcGIS when using the Master_CMB table, but was wondering if there are any tips or tricks we should know about when trying to query from that table?

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Reference Products

• What types of data are needed for LANDFIRE updates?
• When do you need the data?
• In what format do you need the data?
• What is the purpose of LANDFIRE updates?
• How do we submit data to LANDFIRE and who should we contact if we have questions?
• We have submitted similar information to a web-based data clearing house such as the NPS Data Store or an agency/corporate database system such as USFS-FACTS (Forest Service Activity Tracking System). Why don't you simply download the information you need from those existing websites or agency databases?
• Is geolocation data available for individual trees within the Public LFRDB for LF 2016 Remap (LF Remap)? Are there UTM's for individual trees in the plots? Are data available for the shape and size of the individual plots?

For more information refer to LANDFIRE Data Draw Frequently Asked Questions

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Vegetation Data

• Why does LANDFIRE use VDDT?
• What is VDDT?
• How is the accuracy of LANDFIRE vegetation data assessed?
• What if we have an existing regional classification that we like better?
• What are the satellite imagery dates for the existing vegetation products?
• What are the LANDFIRE design criteria for developing vegetation map units?
• Does the sensor problem with Landsat 7 affect LANDFIRE mapping?
• Why is mapping existing vegetation necessary?
• What is potential vegetation (PV) and what time periods do the potential vegetation layers represent?

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