Vegetation Features - Points (Digital Map Database of China)

Description:

This coverage contains vegetation features throughout China, represented by points. Vegetation polygons less than 1.5 square millimeters on the source map are represented as points. These features include mangrove forests, economically exploited forests (bamboo, coffee, etc.), shrub and grassland areas. Not all vegetation types found in China are represented in this coverage.

Creator:

National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (NBSM), National Geomatics Centre of China, and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Publisher:

National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (NBSM)

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Point data

Subject:

biota, environment, Vegetation, Land cover, and Environment

Temporal Coverage:

1980-1995

Date Issued:

1998

Spatial Coverage:

China and People's Republic of China

Access Rights:

Restricted

Format:

Shapefile