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Objectives
Develop a web based mapping product that will provide a full map of
the Baja California peninsula and Gulf of California coastal areas
(Sonora, Sinoloa, Nayarit, Jalisco) and islands/inlets with the
ability to increase/decrease the resolution to focus at the local
level. The proposed web mapping tool to be developed using ArcGIS
Server technology, will be developed in three phases with a priority
on those areas of highest biodiversity value (costal lagoons,
estuaries, mangroves, salt marshes, rocky points, wetlands, riparian
areas, and other environmentally sensitive habitats) which are
threatened by potential development
The project’s first phase will provide basic information for the
entire Gulf of California region based on existing available GIS
informational resources as well as detailed mapping tools for the
Bahia de La Paz.
Phase I
Seek to leverage existing GIS maps developed as part of the
Alternative Futures Study for La Paz undertaken by MIT and funded by
ICF.
Phase II
Expand lessons learned from the previous phase to the Bahia de
Loreto.
Phase III
Cover be expanded to include other priority conservation areas in
the Gulf of California region which have local nonprofits positioned
to partner with Pronatura to leverage the functionality of this
proposed inter-active web mapping tool. Funding for phase three will
be undertaken with the support of other project funders.
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