The snappoly package contains a collection of spatial polygons maps focused on Alaska and Canada, including political boundaries, ecological regions, fire management zones, terrestrial protected areas under jurisdiction and management of various governmental agencies and more.

Details

snappoly is a member package in the data sector of the SNAPverse. All maps are in the NAD83 Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic projection for convenience and conformity, but due to the disparate sources of the maps other attributes are not intended to conform.

There are eight available maps:

alaska

State of Alaska

canada

Canadian provinces

ecoreg

Alaska ecological regions (ecoregions)

aklcc

Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative

lcc

Alaska and Canada Landscape Conservation Cooperative

cavm

Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation (Alaska)

fmz

Alaska Fire Service fire management zones

tpa

Terrestrial protected areas