Standardisation in Mapping and Monitoring of Invasive Alien Plant Species

Title
Standardisation in Mapping and Monitoring of Invasive Alien Plant Species
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Kandeh, J M K
Kumar, Lalit
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-756X
Email: lkumar@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lkumar
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
International Society for Environmental Information Sciences
Place of publication
Canada
DOI
10.3808/jei.200600065
UNE publication id
une:6007
Abstract
The control and eradication of invasive alien plants in South Africa where about 10.1 million hectares of land has been invaded requires information about their extent and distribution. In this study it has been shown that in order to effectively and economically control invasive alien plants in the St. Lucia Heritage Site, the Working for Water organisation requires data on the extent and distribution of invasion not only of its operational areas but also of the surrounding areas. Information on extent and distribution requires compiling data from multiple sources. Multi source data integration has been shown to be a troublesome exercise due to differences in methods in data acquisition, representation, coding, classification, scales, map projections, and mapping formats. Such data integration can only be made possible when organizations with a common goal adopt a common approach that would facilitate sharing data and information. In this study it has also been shown that multi-source alien species data integration and comparability of data amongst organizations was made possible through the adoption and successful implementation of data formats, data exchange, and user design standards.
Link
Citation
Journal of Environmental Informatics, 7(1), p. 36-47
ISSN
1684-8799
1726-2135
Start page
36
End page
47

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