BIOTA East Africa - GIS
Geodata Service

Geo-Spatial Data

This link brings you to a growing pool of geospatial data of use for BIOTA East Africa. For every dataset you will find meta information (in form of a PDF file), a quicklook image as well as a download button. To download the data via ftp a password is required (given only to BIOTA-East project partners). The meta information helps to judge the usefulness of data and provides information on data format, citation, use constraints, etc. The split into hierarchical levels serves as a first indication of suitability, because the data shows a strong increase in detail from the level 'Africa' down to the level 'observation plots'.

Ready-to-Use Maps

In certain cases downloading data and their subsequent handling in a GIS might be too much effort. Therefore, we provide here ready-to-use maps (i.e. already formatted maps) for presentations, etc.

WebGIS

The WebGIS applications serve the purpose both of a browsing and viewing tool supporting users looking for suitable data, and of a presentation tool putting additional information (e.g. photographs) into a spatial context.

Prof. Dr. Gertrud Schaab
(E02 project head and coordinator)

 gertrud.schaab@hs-karlsruhe.de
phone: +49 (0)721/925-2923
fax: +49 (0)721/925-2927

Dipl.-Geogr. Cornelia Weist
(E02, in charge of the geodata catalogue)

 cornelia.weist@hs-karlsruhe.de
phone: +49 (0)721 925-1776
fax: +49 (0)721/925-2361