The potential natural vegetation of eastern

Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi,

Zambia

Thttp://vegetationmap4africa.org

Also available as mobile maps for Android or iPhone or iPad map viewers that are compatible with the mbtiles format.

To download the maps, click on the menu icon and go the the Mobile map page.

Just scroll down on the Mobile map page and you’ll see a list with download links

In the next slides I will show how to download and install the map in Locus Map, which is the map viewer I would currently recommend. Why?

● The developer created a very easy way to import third-party map data directly in the map viewer, as I will show in the next slides.

● It is the only viewer I know of that supports the UTF grid. This means that it can show additional information about the vegetation, e.g., for your current location or a location you indicate on the map.

Select your map and click on the link. Locus map will open and start downloading the map automatically

Clicking on that link will open Locus map viewer and start downloading the map automatically

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Clicking on that link will open Locus map viewer and start downloading the map automatically

After the download is finished, you can find the map in the map menu under personal.

And there we have our map we just imported. Enjoy :-).

If you map viewer supports UTFgrid, your map will be able to show the name of the vegetation type.

If you map viewer supports UTFgrid, your map will be able to show the name of the vegetation type.

In Locus map viewer for example, the name of the vegetation type at your current location (red cross air) is shown at the top of the screen.

If you map viewer supports UTFgrid, your map will be able to show the name of the vegetation type.

In Locus map viewer for example, the name of the vegetation type at your current location (red cross air) is shown at the top of the screen.

Or for any location you tap on

Clicking on the name on the top or the first popup balloon will give you a popup with the name and a link.

Clicking on the name on the top or the first popup balloon will give you a popup with the name and a link.

Clicking the link will open a fact-sheet with more information about that vegetation type in your browser (this requires you to have an internet connection)

If you have the Locus map Pro version, you can overlay the map with other maps, using various ways to combine them (blend modes)

For example, you can combine it with the Google terrain layer and use the Multiply blend mode

Another viewer I know to offer an overlay function and works with mbtiles is OruxMap.

And here is the result

Let's zoom in a bit to give you an impression how that looks like

Some other examples of the vegetation map, overlaid with the Google Terrain map

If you are in the field, and make some observations that

can help us to improve the map, please let us know.

To record such observations, check what features are

available in your map viewer.

Locus for example allows you to create geo-references

notes, and attach pictures or other documents.

Similar features are available in map viewers like Oruxmap

and Geopaparazzi (both support our vegetation map

as well).