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Transcript of Ministry of Fisheries and Forests
Ministry of Fisheries and Forests
Vegetation Typing Using Altitude Information
Pacific GIS/RS Conference18-21 November, 2013
Novotel Conference Centre, Suva
“Connecting the Pacific with Maps
Overview
• Objective
• Methodology
• Challenges
• Way Forward!
Objective Typing to determine the
different ecological composition relating to different altitudes.
MethodologyInput Data – Forest Cover
Raster Input – DTM (utm60)
Reclassify
Shapefile!
Combine Information
Forest Cover with Vegetation Typing
Challenges
• Contour Map and DTM map for Vanua Levu – incomplete
• No formal training for ArcGIS
• Connectivity problems - internal
Way Forward
• Vegetation typing for Vanua Levu and other islands.
• Dry and wet forest mapping using precipitation
• Sub-category mapping from high resolution satellite images.
Vinaka vakalevuCallophyllum innophyllum
Vinaka vakalevu