Digitized white-tailed deer densities for the continental United States

This data publication includes vector digital data files containing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) densities during 1982, 1994-1999, and 2001-2005 in the continental United States. Using object-based image analysis followed by random forests classification, we rapidly digitized choropleth maps of white-tailed deer densities, allowing access to deer density information stored in images. This method rapidly reclaimed informational value of deer density maps and similarly may be applied to digitize a variety of published maps to geographic information system layers.Digitization of white-tailed deer densities during 1982 in the United States.Data were originally published on 12/13/2019. Minor metadata updates were made on 03/11/2024.