External Resources

Datasets, analyses and methods that provided project guidance

id Title Description Tags
1 Africover Datasets for Sudan Dated - 10-20 years old ssudan, lulc Go to Source
2 South Sudan LULC Statistics A general research guide ssudan, lulc Go to Source
3 National LULC Map, GLCN/Africover National map of LULC by GLCN ssudan, lulc Go to Source
4 GLCN/Africover Upper Nile state LULC map example of state-level lulc map from GLCN ssudan, lulc Go to Source
5 GLCN: software Software for comparing across classification schemes, built for GLCN and africover ssudan, lulc Go to Source
6 GLCN: activities Overview of Land Cover assessment by GOSS funded by EU, hosted by FAO's GLCN ssudan, lulc Go to Source
7 SAML Sudan LULC Created in 2003, TM data from 1994-1999 ssudan, lulc Go to Source
8 Geosprocket Forest Cover Example, South Sudan Basic example using EarthEngine tile endpoint ssudan, lulc Go to Source
9 Geospatial Data for Sudan UNITAR-UNOSAT Repo for ancillary data, infrastructure, etc. Some dead links. ssudan, geodata Go to Source
10 USAID Welcomes the Crowd to Use Geo-Mapping Tools for Open Source Development - USAID Impact Press re: USAID encouraging OSM use in dev ssudan, geodata Go to Source
11 South Sudan - ReliefWeb - Environmental Resources Various resources including forest data, directed here by Lars Bromley of UNITAR ssudan, lulc, geodata Go to Source
12 Search - COD-FOD Registry Ancillary Data, directed here by Lars Bromley of UNITAR, since their previous repository is down ssudan, geodata Go to Source
13 Home - Satellite Sentinel Project Humanitarian, high-res mapping; may not be applicable for LULC ssudan, geodata Go to Source
14 A Gentle Introduction to Random Forests, Ensembles, and Performance Metrics in a Commercial System - The Desktop Marketing Blog Classification algorithm for imagery ssudan, lulc, classification Go to Source
15 CRAN - Package randomForest Classification algorithm for imagery ssudan, lulc, classification Go to Source
16 Random Forest in Python Worth digging into if R doesn't work ssudan, lulc, classification Go to Source
17 Home - Open Data for South Sudan A South Sudan open data portal, up and running - built by the African Development Bank ssudan, opendata Go to Source
18 NBS - Geographical Information System Unit GOSS GIS unit, data requires MOU ssudan, geodata Go to Source
19 Landsat 8 Download script Script for bulk Landsat 8 download ssudan, classification, lulc Go to Source
20 The Powerful 'Open Data for Africa' Platform Fully Rolled Out overview, info superhighway ssudan, opendata Go to Source
21 CBD - South Sudan South Sudan is a recently recognized country. Information on its CBD status is not yet available. ssudan, biodiversity Go to Source
22 TROPICAL FORESTRY AND BIODIVERSITY (FAA 118 AND 119) ANALYSES: Read this before pulling imagery. ssudan, lulc, biodiversity Go to Source
23 USAID - Best Practices for Biodiversity and Tropical Forest Assessments USAID guidelines for assessments ssudan, biodiversity Go to Source
24 Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity Assessment Cadmus Scope of work w/ USAID - umbrella project ssudan Go to Source
25 Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981–2003 Compton J. Tucker leads. Imagery ends 2003 ssudan, lulc Go to Source
26 USAID Southern Sudan Environmental Threats & Opportunities Assessment Dated 2007, but refers to GOSS. Worth checking w/ authors for update. Comprehensive resource details. Note fig 7-8 ssudan, biodiversity Go to Source
27 Welcome to African Forest Forum - African Forest Forum Needs a closer look ssudan, biodiversity Go to Source
28 High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change Get source data - beyond tiles ssudan, lulc Go to Source
29 Bolivia Country Analysis of Tropical Forests and Biological Diversity Good example of country assessment ssudan, lulc, biodiversity Go to Source
30 Integrated assessment of the environmental impact of an IDP camp in Sudan based on very high resolution multi-temporal satellite imagery Weighted Natural Resource Depletion index, impact around a camp, high-res w/ OBIA ssudan, lulc, academic Go to Source
31 Analysis of the Impacts of armed conflict on the Eastern Afromontane forest region on the South Sudan — Uganda border using multitemporal Landsat imagery Change detection based on human migration, "disturbance index", interested in continued monitoring ssudan, lulc, academic Go to Source
32 Human dimensions of land use and land cover change related to civil unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan Landsat imagery and interviews ssudan, biodiversity, lulc, academic Go to Source
33 HOTOSM Wiki: Africover/DEPHA - OpenStreetMap Wiki HOTOSM Africover use ssudan, lulc Go to Source
34 GeoNetwork - The portal to spatial data and information FAO source metadata, coarse resolution ssudan, lulc Go to Source
35 Anthropogenic pressure in East Africa—Monitoring 20 years of land cover changes by means of medium resolution satellite data 20-year study w/ Landsat & DMC Deimos, observed increase in yearly deforestation rate. ssudan, lulc, academic Go to Source
36 Sudan Seasonal Evaluation Report Page 10 shows growing season dynamics ssudan, lulc Go to Source
37 GeoSprocket/ssudan-eco Repository for collected data that will fit under 100MB ssudan, geodata, lulc Go to Source
38 Group on Earth Observations Operations Report Contact info for GOSS GIS team ssudan, geodata Go to Source
39 IUCN Elephant report 2007 elephant habitat maps, coarse PDF, needs extraction ssudan, biodiversity, elephants Go to Source
40 Elephant Database - IUCN IUCN mapping tool for elephant range ssudan, biodiversity, geodata Go to Source
41 Elephants In Peril Resource includes mapping of poaching and populations, not sure about veracity ssudan, biodiversity, geodata Go to Source
42 Orphan Elephants - Map: Saving Orphans - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine NatGeo example from Kenya of elephant habitat map ssudan, geodata, biodiversity Go to Source
43 Limits to detectability of land degradation by trend analysis of vegetation index data NDVI doesn't work for desertification detection! ssudan, lulc, academic Go to Source
44 Using remote sensing technology to detect, model and map desertification: A review Methods overview ssudan, lulc, academic Go to Source
45 ŷhat - Random Forests in Python Python methods for Random Forest ssudan, lulc, classification Go to Source
46 Oil Map KML of Oil Concessions in Sudan ssudan, geodata Go to Source
47 USGS Energy Resources Program -- EnVision Flash-based map of African surficial geology ssudan, geodata, geology Go to Source
48 GEM - Global Environment Monitoring travel time to major cities - prob. a fine proxy for access. ssudan, geodata Go to Source
49 Global Forest Change Hansen et al. forest cover change, available for download! ssudan, lulc Go to Source
50 FAO data - mapset-data-filter - Crop harvested area, yield and production Ag Data, mostly at coarse resolution ssudan, geodata Go to Source
51 Community Forestry in South Sudan - Study Extremely useful w/ LULC-tagged photos ssudan, lulc Go to Source
52 Sudan: Post-conflict Environmental Assessment - Google Books UNEP report, includes protected areas ssudan Go to Source

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