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Intact Forest Landscapes Data Download
The world's IFL map is a spatial database (scale 1:1,000,000) that shows the extent of the intact forest landscapes (IFL) for year 2000 (approx.). From this website you can download the world's IFL map in ESRI Shape (.shp) and Google Earth KMZ (.kmz) formats. GIS capable software or earth browsers such as Google Earth / ArcGIS Explorer will be required to view these files.
Provided IFL data are available for use for valid scientific, conservation, and educational purposes as long as proper citations are used. We ask that you credit the IFL data as follows: Potapov P., Yaroshenko A., Turubanova S., Dubinin M., Laestadius L., Thies C., Aksenov D., Egorov A., Yesipova Y., Glushkov I., Karpachevskiy M., Kostikova A., Manisha A., Tsybikova E., Zhuravleva I. 2008. Mapping the World's Intact Forest Landscapes by Remote Sensing. Ecology and Society, 13 (2)
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The ESRI SHAPE format is a data-type used in many Geographic Information Systems software packages (ArcGIS, ArcView, etc). If you do not have professional GIS software you can use freeware GIS viewers like ArcReader or ArcGIS Explorer. ArcReader and ArcGIS Explorer are free, easy-to-use mapping applications that allows users to view, explore, and print maps.
Download IFL data in the SHAPE file format
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The KMZ (zipped Keyhole Markup Language, i.e., KML) format was developed for use by GIS and non-GIS users alike with free, downloadable programs such as Google Earth. To use KMZ files you need to install Google Earth on your computer. Once you have downloaded the KMZ file, you can click on this file, which will start Google Earth and load the IFL dataset. Currently, only IFL boundaries are available in KMZ format.
Download IFL data in the KMZ file format
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The IFL Mapping Team is continuing to improve the IFL base map and to provide periodically updates as new data, technologies, and more sophisticated sources of information appears. Please, check our News & Updates section regularly for the information about latest updates of the dataset. If you have any problems with data access, please contact project coordinators (Peter.Potapov@sdstate.edu).
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