Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications
Abstract Objectives To our knowledge, this is the first attempt for digitizing the Egyptian phytogeographical regions through incorporation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques including geo-referencing ground data of old-history paper maps. The main objective for the current study w...
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| description | Abstract Objectives To our knowledge, this is the first attempt for digitizing the Egyptian phytogeographical regions through incorporation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques including geo-referencing ground data of old-history paper maps. The main objective for the current study was digitizing and creating the first open-source geospatial data for the Egyptian phytogeographical regions and to make them readily available for usage by researchers - making this study novel. Data description Geospatial data were created for the Egyptian phytogeographical regions based on ground data paper map showing the boundaries of each region in the country, Egypt. Digitization of the boundaries of each region was executed using ArcMap 10.4 followed by quality checks executions for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the created geospatial data. The data created in this study are available as file geodatabase (.gdb) and shapefile. Having the Egyptian phytogeographical regions available for GIS analysts and cartographers as geospatial data is a powerful tool for further research applications including phytoremediation, biodiversity, conservation, GIS, and remote sensing studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe59666a0c7740388c13c4ac0d5782302023-11-26T12:14:29ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002023-10-011611310.1186/s13104-023-06528-3Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applicationsAmr E. Keshta0Botany Department, College of Science, Tanta UniversityAbstract Objectives To our knowledge, this is the first attempt for digitizing the Egyptian phytogeographical regions through incorporation of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques including geo-referencing ground data of old-history paper maps. The main objective for the current study was digitizing and creating the first open-source geospatial data for the Egyptian phytogeographical regions and to make them readily available for usage by researchers - making this study novel. Data description Geospatial data were created for the Egyptian phytogeographical regions based on ground data paper map showing the boundaries of each region in the country, Egypt. Digitization of the boundaries of each region was executed using ArcMap 10.4 followed by quality checks executions for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the created geospatial data. The data created in this study are available as file geodatabase (.gdb) and shapefile. Having the Egyptian phytogeographical regions available for GIS analysts and cartographers as geospatial data is a powerful tool for further research applications including phytoremediation, biodiversity, conservation, GIS, and remote sensing studies.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06528-3GISBiodiversityDigitizationNile RiverSinai |
| spellingShingle | Amr E. Keshta Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications BMC Research Notes GIS Biodiversity Digitization Nile River Sinai |
| title | Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications |
| title_full | Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications |
| title_fullStr | Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications |
| title_short | Phytogeographical regions of Egypt: first open-source geospatial data and its applications |
| title_sort | phytogeographical regions of egypt first open source geospatial data and its applications |
| topic | GIS Biodiversity Digitization Nile River Sinai |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06528-3 |
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