Digital Elevation Model of St.Eustatius
Submitted by Peter Verweij on Thu, 12/11/2014 - 16:11
Digital Elevation Model of St.Eustatius
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Central repository for biodiversity related research and monitoring data from the Dutch Caribbean
Digital Elevation Model of St.Eustatius
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Mosaic of orthophotographs from 1991 with a 20 cm resolution. Orthophotographs are corrected for effects of elevation.
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Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, islands in the Caribbean, became Dutch municipalities in October 2010. These islands are considered hotspots of biodiversity. This brings along specific responsibilities, including a thorough conservation plan. Each plan and monitoring of it demands good basic knowledge and data. It is of great importance for many studies to have proper altitude maps, in addition to good topographical maps. Detailed elevation maps (Digital Terrain Models) are important not only for preprocessing of high resolution satellite imagery , but also for e.g. geomorphological studies, soil surveys, hydrological modelling, species niche modelling, that all need altitude as an important input data layer. At present there are no detailed digital terrain models for these islands, while these are especially important for Saba and St Eustatius that have a very varied and complex topography.