This polygon shapefile shows vegetation areas in Zambia from 1958-2014. These data were digitized from 1:50,000 scale topographic maps and Earthsat imagery. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data relating to Zambia including boundary files, rivers, roads, schools, utilities, protected areas and vegetation. This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Zambia Provincial Centre for Geographic Information Services. (2014) Vegetation Areas: Southern Province, Zambia, 1985-2014. PCGIS. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/bt409pd8626 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
