Thompson, MWVink, ERFairbanks, DHKBallance, AShackleton, CM2007-03-142007-06-072007-03-142007-06-072001-05Thompson, MW, et al. 2001. Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases. South African Journal of Science, vol. 97, May, pp 179-1820038-2353http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925The recent completion of the South African National Land-Cover Database and the Vegetation Map of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, allows for the first time a comparison to be made on a national scale between the current and potential distribution of 'natural' vegetation resources. This article compares the distribution and location of woodland-type vegetation categories defined within the National Land-Cover data and the equivalent 'Savanna-thicket Biomes' class defined within the Vegetation Map data. Significant differences were found, both in terms of the total areal extent, as well as the actual spatial distribution of these two data sets. These differences are a measure of the inherent mapping accuracies of each source, but rather an illustration of boundary delineation distinctions that are a result of different data sources, mapping objectives and information classes, that must be noted when comparing two essentially similar information sets.1291152 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 2001 Bureau Scientific PublicationsNational databasesWoodland biomeWoodland transformationArticleThompson, M., Vink, E., Fairbanks, D., Ballance, A., & Shackleton, C. (2001). Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925Thompson, MW, ER Vink, DHK Fairbanks, A Ballance, and CM Shackleton "Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases." (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925Thompson M, Vink E, Fairbanks D, Ballance A, Shackleton C. Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925.TY - Article AU - Thompson, MW AU - Vink, ER AU - Fairbanks, DHK AU - Ballance, A AU - Shackleton, CM AB - The recent completion of the South African National Land-Cover Database and the Vegetation Map of South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, allows for the first time a comparison to be made on a national scale between the current and potential distribution of 'natural' vegetation resources. This article compares the distribution and location of woodland-type vegetation categories defined within the National Land-Cover data and the equivalent 'Savanna-thicket Biomes' class defined within the Vegetation Map data. Significant differences were found, both in terms of the total areal extent, as well as the actual spatial distribution of these two data sets. These differences are a measure of the inherent mapping accuracies of each source, but rather an illustration of boundary delineation distinctions that are a result of different data sources, mapping objectives and information classes, that must be noted when comparing two essentially similar information sets. DA - 2001-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - National databases KW - Woodland biome KW - Woodland transformation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2001 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases TI - Comparison of extent and transformation of South Africa's woodland biome from two national databases UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1925 ER -