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Creating Landcover Maplandcover map from kmlKML files

I am trying to understand the effect of forest fragmentation on vertebrate populations. I need to analyse my study area using fragstatsFragstats however, I couldntcouldn't find a suitable land cover map for my study area (which is in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica). So I instead manually mapped the about 170 sq. km. surrounding my study sites using Google Earth into forests, intensively cultivated areas and moderately cultivated areas. Now I need to create a land cover map from the kmlKML files and then create classes for each category and then analyse it using Fragstats.

Can someone please tell me:

  1. If the procedure which I am using for such a study is alright.
  2. How can you convert kmlKML files into classes and prepare it for use as a land cover map  ?

Thank you Keerthi

Creating Landcover Map from kml files

I am trying to understand the effect of forest fragmentation on vertebrate populations. I need to analyse my study area using fragstats however, I couldnt find a suitable land cover map for my study area (which is in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica). So I instead manually mapped the about 170 sq. km surrounding my study sites using Google Earth into forests, intensively cultivated areas and moderately cultivated areas. Now I need to create a land cover map from the kml files and then create classes for each category and then analyse it using Fragstats.

Can someone please tell me

  1. If the procedure which I am using for such a study is alright.
  2. How can you convert kml files into classes and prepare it for use as a land cover map  ?

Thank you Keerthi

Creating landcover map from KML files

I am trying to understand the effect of forest fragmentation on vertebrate populations. I need to analyse my study area using Fragstats however, I couldn't find a suitable land cover map for my study area (which is in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica). So I instead manually mapped the about 170 sq. km. surrounding my study sites using Google Earth into forests, intensively cultivated areas and moderately cultivated areas. Now I need to create a land cover map from the KML files and then create classes for each category and then analyse it using Fragstats.

Can someone tell me:

  1. If the procedure which I am using for such a study is alright.
  2. How can you convert KML files into classes and prepare it for use as a land cover map?
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Keerthi Krutha
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Creating Landcover Map from kml files

I am trying to understand the effect of forest fragmentation on vertebrate populations. I need to analyse my study area using fragstats however, I couldnt find a suitable land cover map for my study area (which is in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica). So I instead manually mapped the about 170 sq. km surrounding my study sites using Google Earth into forests, intensively cultivated areas and moderately cultivated areas. Now I need to create a land cover map from the kml files and then create classes for each category and then analyse it using Fragstats.

Can someone please tell me

  1. If the procedure which I am using for such a study is alright.
  2. How can you convert kml files into classes and prepare it for use as a land cover map ?

Thank you Keerthi