Forest Change Detection in Fiji transparent through Web Display 21-Nov-2013 Naomi Jackson

OUTLINE  Forest change detection mapping 1:50000  Web Platform Used  Method  Other Assistance provided  Challenges  Future Plans

 Forestry officers come to SOPAC-SPC for training and map forest areas  Completed 1:50,000  Layers ready for Web Display

 Public view and check  Any Misinterpretations can be clarified and changed

 Geonode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) Open Source Software - QGIS,UDIG and ATLAS STYLER

 Different projects, different data, different requirements, different access levels :  ONE SOLUTION  Singular Platform  Geonode Platform Version 2  (development stream)  Used internally within the division by all programmes  Unified Approach to Cataloguing,  Archiving and Exposing Diverse  GIS/Spatial Datasets

 Raster (.tif) format instant upload  Vector (.shp)format i. Create a.sld file (using ATLAS) ii. Uploaded with.shp file (Editing)  Co-ordinate reference System  Upload  Login

 DEMO

 GIZ – Redd++ poject maps hosted in SOPAC

 Weekly Updates to MOA and MOF

 A staff of the GIS unit would go and install the updates at the Forestry Department to update maps  the Layers - (Error)

 Updates on Geonode Accessible as long as you have internet connection

 Formats  Co-ordinate reference system (Reproject)  View and download (If you can view you can download)

 Provide more Change Detection Updates on Geonode to GIS clients  Have data available on PacGeo( PIC DataBank)April 2014  Provide the same assistance to Pacific Island Countries

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