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