2005 Kansas Land Cover Patterns (KLCP2005) 
Date: November 17, 2009

This file contains data and associated ESRI ArcGIS 9.3.1 files for the modified Anderson Level I and Level IV land cover classification datasets. Additional metadata is attached to each file and more information is available on the KARS website (http://kars.ku.edu)

Data prepared by the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program
Website: http://kars.ku.edu

Data made available in this klcp2005.zip file:
 a) .mxd (ESRI document) containing the following layers:
	
	KS_NB_CO_counties.shp -- All counties and state boundaries within the study area extracted from Tiger 2000 County data.

	kansasriver_watershed_boundary_1kmbuf.shp -- vector (.shp) file of the Kansas River Watershed deliniated using NED 30m raster digital elevation model

	klcp2005l1w -- raster file containing the Level I classification clipped to the Kansas River Watershed.
	
	klcp2005l1wb -- raster file containing the Level I classification clipped to the Kansas River Watershed plus 1km buffer.
	
	klcp2005l1k -- raster file containing the Level I classification clipped to the state of Kansas plus 300m buffer.
	
	klcp2005l1kwb -- raster file containing the Level I classification clipped to the Kansas River Watershed plus 1km buffer and the state of Kansas 300m buffer.
	
	klcp2005l4w -- raster file containing the Level IV classification clipped to the Kansas River Watershed.
	
	klcp2005l4wb -- raster file containing the Level IV classification clipped to the Kansas River Watershed plus 1km buffer.
	
	klcp2005l4k -- raster file containing the Level IV classification clipped to the state of Kansas plus 300m buffer.
	
	klcp_bnd_k -- 300 meter buffered grid file of the state of Kansas. Buffer created in ERDAS Imagine using input boundary data from the Kansas Geological Survey digital cartographic library.
	
	klcp_bnd_w -- grid file of the Kansas River Watershed deliniated using NED 30m raster digital elevation model.
	
	klcp_bnd_wb -- 1 kilometer buffered grid file of 'klcp_bnd_w' using ERDAS Imagine.
	
	klcp_bnd_kwb -- merged grid file of 'klcp_bnd_k' and 'klcp_bnd_wb'.

All data are in ESRI formats (GRID, shapefile, and layer), several conversion utilities are available if you do not have access to ESRI software. See FWTools (http://fwtools.maptools.org/) and the GDAL/OGR (http://www.gdal.org/) software libraries for conversion help.

NOTE: The use of ERDAS Imagine to produce buffers resulted in a slightly different pixel extent than if buffered in ESRI ArcGIS. This difference is due to the difference in the buffer algorithm between the two software packages. Please refer to the ERDAS and ArcGIS help documentation for more information. We have included specific boundary files for this reason. 
	 
 b) Metadata .txt for all 4 klcp2005 Level I datasets:	
	klcp2005l1w.txt
	klcp2005l1wb.txt
	klcp2005l1k.txt
	klcp2005l1kwb.txt

 c) Metadata .txt for all 4 klcp2005 Level IV datasets:	
	klcp2005l4w.txt
	klcp2005l4wb.txt
	klcp2005l4k.txt
	klcp2005l4kwb.txt

 d) .lyr (ESRI format) contianing the symbology used in the .mxd document to display the klcp2005 Level I and Level IV datasets:
	klcp2005l1.lyr
	klcp2005l4.lyr

 e) Additional ESRI ArcGIS .mxd versions:
	klcp2005.mxd -- Version 9.3.1
	klcp2005_ArcGIS_92.mxd -- Version 9.2
	klcp2005_ArcGIS_83.mxd -- Version 8.3

 f) Text file containing the class definitions:
	klcp2005_classes.txt

 g) Text file listing the all the files bundled in the ZIP file:
	ReadMe.txt

For questions relating to the KLCP 2005 dataset, please contact Dana Peterson (dpete@ku.edu). Other questions about this file and metadata can be directed to Gina Ross (ginaross@ku.edu).
