As we move forward with our newer projects we will be seeking new software to keep pace. Our current goals are to improve our image analysis capabilities so we can make more use of aerial photography and begin using 3 dimentional elevation data to analyse area topography. The Land Conservancy was hired by the City of SLO to study resources in the City's Greenbelt area and provide a basis for understanding conservation choices. We analysed land ownership and environmental resources using landscape units as a way to retain landscape integrity. Click here for a great map.
Landscape Units are areas of homogenous landscape types.
They are used to maintain landscape integrity for conservation programs. We aggregated resource data into the landscape units to determine landscape scale conservation priorities. Landscape units also helped us make maps that never existed before. We can add expert interview information to our GIS model and create new maps. This one shows landscape units coded for wildlife migration corrodors in the SLO Greenbelt.