WMS Map: Catskills are Highly Tree Covered
About Catskills are Highly Tree Covered ....
While certainly not a surprise to most observers, the Catskill Mountains are largely wild, without much housing development or agriculture. Tree covered areas are a deeper green, while cleared areas are white or clear.
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Data Sources
Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.
OpenTopoMap - Open Topopgraphic Map based on Open Street Map. Contours are metric on this map. Map data: © OpenStreetMap, SRTM | Map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA). XYZ Tiles: https://{s}.tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
NLCD Tree Canopy 2016 - Multi-resolution Land Characteristics Consortium. WMS Service: https://www.mrlc.gov/geoserver/ows?SERVICE=WMS, Layer: NLCD_2016_Tree_Canopy_L48
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.
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