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  "@type": "Dataset",
  "comment": "This dataset metadata was generated with the use of AI and reviewed by an expert. If you see any mistakes please file an issue on GitHub at https://github.com/earthcube/communityCollections/issues.",
  "@id": "https://www.mrlc.gov/data/project/rcmap#dataset",
  "name": "Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP)",
  "description": "RCMAP provides annual rangeland vegetation component fractional cover and related products across western North America derived from Landsat imagery. Components include bare ground, herbaceous, litter, shrub, sagebrush, tree (and related component/trend products), supporting rangeland monitoring and assessment from 1985 to present.",
  "url": "https://www.mrlc.gov/data/project/rcmap",
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM)",
    "url": "https://www.mrlc.gov/data/project/rcmap"
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium",
    "url": "https://www.mrlc.gov/"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "RCMAP",
    "rangeland",
    "fractional cover",
    "sagebrush",
    "shrub",
    "bare ground",
    "Landsat",
    "remote sensing"
  ],
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      "name": "Bare ground cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
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        }
      },
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        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    },
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      "name": "Herbaceous cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
      "spatialCoverage": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Western North America (rangelands)",
        "geo": {
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        }
      },
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        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Litter cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
      "spatialCoverage": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Western North America (rangelands)",
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          "@type": "GeoShape",
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        }
      },
      "temporalResolution": "not detected",
      "spatialResolution": {
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        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Shrub cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
      "spatialCoverage": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Western North America (rangelands)",
        "geo": {
          "@type": "GeoShape",
          "box": "-130,25 -95,60"
        }
      },
      "temporalResolution": "not detected",
      "spatialResolution": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Sagebrush cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
      "spatialCoverage": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Western North America (rangelands)",
        "geo": {
          "@type": "GeoShape",
          "box": "-130,25 -95,60"
        }
      },
      "temporalResolution": "not detected",
      "spatialResolution": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "name": "Tree cover (percent)",
      "temporalCoverage": "1985-01-01/2024-12-31",
      "spatialCoverage": {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Western North America (rangelands)",
        "geo": {
          "@type": "GeoShape",
          "box": "-130,25 -95,60"
        }
      },
      "temporalResolution": "not detected",
      "spatialResolution": {
        "@type": "QuantitativeValue",
        "value": 30,
        "unitText": "m"
      }
    }
  ],
  "measurementTechnique": [
    "Landsat remote sensing",
    "Fractional cover modeling and time-series analysis for rangeland components"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "DataDownload",
      "name": "RCMAP downloads (MRLC data pages)",
      "contentUrl": "https://www.mrlc.gov/data/project/rcmap",
      "description": "Landing page for RCMAP products, including time-series cover, trends, and ecological potential."
    },
    {
      "@type": "DataDownload",
      "name": "Example component download: Bare Ground (2011–2024 ZIP)",
      "contentUrl": "https://www.mrlc.gov/downloads/sciweb1/shared/mrlc/data-bundles/Bare_Ground_2011_2024.zip",
      "encodingFormat": [
        "application/zip"
      ],
      "description": "Example direct ZIP download link for an RCMAP component time-series."
    },
    {
      "@type": "DataDownload",
      "name": "Example component download: Herbaceous (2011–2024 ZIP)",
      "contentUrl": "https://www.mrlc.gov/downloads/sciweb1/shared/mrlc/data-bundles/Herbaceous_2011_2024.zip",
      "encodingFormat": [
        "application/zip"
      ],
      "description": "Example direct ZIP download link for an RCMAP component time-series."
    },
    {
      "@type": "DataDownload",
      "name": "RCMAP FGDC metadata (XML)",
      "contentUrl": "https://www.mrlc.gov/downloads/sciweb1/shared/mrlc/metadata/RCMAP_V7_FGDC_Metadata.xml",
      "encodingFormat": [
        "application/xml"
      ],
      "description": "FGDC metadata for RCMAP products."
    },
    {
      "@type": "DataDownload",
      "name": "MRLC Rangeland Viewer",
      "contentUrl": "https://www.mrlc.gov/rangeland-viewer/",
      "description": "Interactive visualization, comparison, and subsetting/downloading for RCMAP data."
    }
  ],
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    "image/tiff",
    "application=geotiff",
    "application/zip",
    "application/xml"
  ],
  "isPartOf": {
    "@type": "DataCatalog",
    "@id": "https://www.mrlc.gov/data#catalog"
  },
  "about": [
    {
      "@type": "Thing",
      "name": "Rangeland monitoring"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Thing",
      "name": "Vegetation cover"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Thing",
      "name": "Remote sensing"
    }
  ],
  "citation": [
    {
      "@type": "CreativeWork",
      "name": "Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP)",
      "datePublished": "2022",
      "publisher": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"
      },
      "identifier": {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "propertyID": "doi",
        "value": "10.3133/fs20223036"
      },
      "sameAs": "https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20223036"
    }
  ]
}