land use

Land use map Bonaire at 2x2 m2 resolution, based on a classified Pleiades composite orthophoto  the Bonaire vegetation survey and field observations from 2017, 2019 and 2020 by Mucher,C.A., Janssen, J., de Freitas, J., Schaminee, J., Houtepen, E., van Blerk, J., Coolen, Q., Bertual, P. and Verweij, P.

Distinguished classes:

• Built-up
• Urban bare soil
• Road
• Urban green
• Bare soil and pioneer vegetation
• Sandy beaches
• Low scrub and mangrove
• Low scrub
• Low scrub with cactus
• High scrub
• High scrub with cactus
• Forest
• Mangrove
• Salina
• Salt ponds
• Crystalizer ponds
• Deep sea
• Shallow coastal waters
• Lagoon
• Shallow inland waters

Read the report here.

The photo-geological observations and land capability's land use survey of the island of Bonaire shows
1. topographical features and land use data based on aerial photographs (year of photography 1949)
2. location and analysis of soil and water samples