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WAQAB (YAP PROPER) Maps: vegetation

Land cover

Vegetation from aerial photography

Vegetation (1975)

This map shows the vegetation of Yap in 1975. It was derived by Landcare research from 1975 Vegetation Survey Maps of Yap. The original hardcopy map was created as part of the following publication: MacLean CD, Cole TG, Whitesell CD, Falanruw MV, and Ambacher AH (1986). Vegetation Survey of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Resource Bulletin PSW-18. It was also included in Newsome PF, Page MJ, and Heke HA (2003), Vegetation Map of Yap 1995, Federated States of Micronesia. Unpublished Contract Report LC0203/079, Landcare Research, New Zealand. The dataset was modified by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) and shifted to better match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Vegetation from satellite imagery

Vegetation (2005)

This map shows the vegetation of Yap in 2005. The dataset was developed from 2005 QuickBird satellite imagery by DigitalGlobe through land cover classification carried out by U.S. Forest Service (2007). The dataset was slightly modified by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) to better match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Vegetation types

Wetlands

Wetlands

This map shows the wetlands of Yap, as mapped by the U.S. Forest Service (2007) through land cover classification based on 2005 QuickBird satellite imagery by DigitalGlobe. The dataset was slightly modified by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) to better match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery.

Forests

Upland forests

This map shows the extent of upland forest on Yap, as mapped by the U.S. Forest Service (2007) through land cover classification based on 2005 QuickBird satellite imagery by DigitalGlobe. The dataset was slightly modified by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) to better match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery.

Agroforests

This map shows the extent of agroforest on Yap, as mapped by the U.S. Forest Service (2007) through land cover classification based on 2005 QuickBird satellite imagery by DigitalGlobe. The dataset was slightly modified by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) to better match 2016 WorldView-3 satellite imagery.