Inventory & Monitoring (I&M)
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I&M Networks
Data Management Resources and Tools
NPS Employees determine the placement of a monitoring plot in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Photo by Phyllis Pineda Bovin.
Data Management Contact Information
- Directory of I&M national and network staff
- List of networks and parks
- Search for networks and staff
Documents – Data Management
- Framework for Data Management Technical Reviews
- Information management-related standards used by the I&M Program
- National Data Management Plan
Database Design and Management
- Natural Resource Database Template (version 3.2) – Microsoft Access database tables and a front-end application builder for managing natural resource data
- Database Metadata Extractor
- Coordinate Transformation Wizard for MS Access databases (must have ArcGIS installed)
Website Links
- I&M GIS
- National Park Service GIS
- NPS Remote Sensing Web Pages – information on data, software, education, applications, and more.
- Global Positioning Systems – use of GPS in NPS
