what do "R^" and "W!" code notations mean

[xoney]

Working with a Lassen Volcanic National Park shapefile

Thanks!

[Ken-ichi Ueda]

The circumflex or "hat" after a letter generally got translated to a 1
in our database. According to the plot data metadata, "Codes with a ^
over text were entered with a 1 following text. For ex. A with a ^ over
the A was entered as A1." I think the presence of an R^ means that
some of them never got converted to R1. R1 translates to Abies
magnifica, so I suspect that's what R^ is too.

W! is a mystery to me. Haven't seen it mentioned in the docs. Maybe
someone who worked on the plot data specifically can chime in here...

-Ken-ichi

[Ken-ichi Ueda]

Ok, just heard from some one on the plot data team, and here's what
they had to say:

"Yes, R^ definitely means red fir. W! is very likely a data entry
error that should be W1, which is code for white fir."

Hope that helps.

-Ken-ichi

[Ken-ichi Ueda]

Hi again,

I was just trying to chase down these uncorrected formatting issues and
having a little trouble. We don't actually have any plot data within
Lassen Volcanic National Park, so where did you get these data? Did
you perhaps find these codes in a different shapefile? If so, what
quad?

Thanks.

-Ken-ichi Ueda