Latin American Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~laad
Email: laad@pitt.edu
Valle de la Plata Settlement Dataset
Robert D. Drennan
 
Modern Land Use Maps

The land use areas in the three survey zones (western, central, and eastern) are provided in two GIS formats: Idrisi (Version 14--Kilimanjaro) and GEOTIFF raster files. These are compressed self-extracting files for Windows, and thus must be uncompressed on a computer running the Windows operating system. After downloading, place the files in the desired folder and double click them. Each Idrisi compressed file will produce two files with the same name and the extensions .RST and .RDC. Each GEOTIFF compressed file will produce two files with the same name and the extensions .TIF and .TFW. The cell values in the GIS files are as follows:

  • 0 = Outside survey zone
  • 1 = Forest (and brush)
  • 2 = Grasses (includes rice cultivation in eastern survey zone)
  • 3 = Cultivation

For Idrisi files, click here to download the file WESTERN_LANDUSE_IDRISI.EXE (91 Kb) or the file CENTRAL_LANDUSE_IDRISI.EXE (37 Kb) or the file EASTERN_LANDUSE_IDRISI.EXE (66 Kb) and ask your Web browser to save it to a disk. (Return here with your browser's BACK button if necessary.)

For GEOTIFF files, click here to download the file WESTERN_LANDUSE_TIFF.EXE (91 Kb) or the file CENTRAL_LANDUSE_TIFF.EXE (37 Kb) or the file EASTERN_LANDUSE_TIFF.EXE (66 Kb) and ask your Web browser to save it to a disk. (Return here with your browser's BACK button if necessary.)

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