Kosrae's Coast
Reducing coastal hazard risks on Kosrae
kosrae resources
(C) Doug Ramsay & KIRMA, 2008
GIS data
In August 1999, Kosrae State requested assistance from the Australian Embassy Small Grants Scheme for the development of the Kosrae State Information System, a Geographical Information System (GIS) for the island. The project was approved and funding for the implementation of Phase I was received which involved the purchase of GIS equipment and initial training in GIS for representatives from twelve Government Departments on Kosrae.
- The acqusition of an IKONOS satellite image of Kosrae
- A scholarship for a Kosraean student to complete the Diploma in GIS at the University of the South Pacific
- An Australian Volunteer GIS specialist for one year.
Subsequently further funding was provided by the Australian Embassy for:
GIS datasets
Various datasets have been entered in to GIS (MapInfo). Most data held in Kosrae has been digitised from the various topographic charts which are in North American Datum 1983 (with about a 100 m offset if you try to overlay layers on to Google Earth). Some of these layers have been converted into ARCVIEW (and Manifold) GIS formats and are in WGS1984 (held by Doug Ramsay).
Layers include:
Layers include:
- Coast
- Reef
- Swamp areas
- Mangrove areas
- Rivers
- Roads
- Coastal hazard areas
- Some contours
- Japanese line
- Seagrass areas
- Conservation areas
- Industrial areas
- Active use areas
- Cadastral boundaries
In this section:
(C) Doug Ramsay & KIRMA, 2008