Country maps for the Forestry Department Website
Forest maps were produced for the Forestry Department web-site. For all countries a locator map was produced and for the 116 (sub-)tropical countries currently available in the FORIS database of the FRA Programme an additional map was produced with forest cover. The maps were produced in a semi-automatic fashion using the FRA Programme GIS facility. The routines that were developed for the production of the maps allow for easy adaptation and can be used for the production of other similar maps a s well. For the countries not included in FORIS an inventory was made of comparable official forest cover maps publicly available on the Internet. Such officially endorsed maps were not found, although there are reliable sources of maps of forest cover lacking official endorsement. This is the final report of the consultancy of the Geographic Information Expert For Support of the Forestry Department Information System on Forests, January - March 1999. The main purpose of the assignment was to pr oduce maps of countries (locator maps) and their forest cover (forest cover maps) for inclusion in the new web site of the Forestry Department. The Terms of Reference for this consultancy are listed in Appendix 1. All of the tasks listed in the Terms of Reference have been completed, with the exception of reporting for FRA2000. This was due to the fact that no clear indication was given about the requirements for map products in FRA2000 reports. However, the automated procedures developed for th e production of the locator and forest cover maps can easily be adjusted to support a wider range of mapping requirements, both in content and design.
| Format: | Book (stand-alone) biblioteca |
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| Language: | English |
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1999
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ad101e http://www.fao.org/3/a-ad101e.pdf |
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| Summary: | Forest maps were produced for the Forestry Department web-site. For all countries a locator map was produced and for the 116 (sub-)tropical countries currently available in the FORIS database of the FRA Programme an additional map was produced with forest cover. The maps were produced in a semi-automatic fashion using the FRA Programme GIS facility. The routines that were developed for the production of the maps allow for easy adaptation and can be used for the production of other similar maps a s well. For the countries not included in FORIS an inventory was made of comparable official forest cover maps publicly available on the Internet. Such officially endorsed maps were not found, although there are reliable sources of maps of forest cover lacking official endorsement. This is the final report of the consultancy of the Geographic Information Expert For Support of the Forestry Department Information System on Forests, January - March 1999. The main purpose of the assignment was to pr oduce maps of countries (locator maps) and their forest cover (forest cover maps) for inclusion in the new web site of the Forestry Department. The Terms of Reference for this consultancy are listed in Appendix 1. All of the tasks listed in the Terms of Reference have been completed, with the exception of reporting for FRA2000. This was due to the fact that no clear indication was given about the requirements for map products in FRA2000 reports. However, the automated procedures developed for th e production of the locator and forest cover maps can easily be adjusted to support a wider range of mapping requirements, both in content and design. |
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