LUPMIS - GIS User Manual for Land Use Planning
Main menu:
- Home Page
- 0. Rationale
- 1. GIS handling
- 2. GIS data entry
- 2.1 Create new layer
- 2.2 Digitize line
- 2.3 Digitize point
- 2.4 Digitize polygon
- 2.5 Edit existing layer
- 2.6 Delete feature
- 2.7 Split line
- 2.8 Split polygon
- 2.9 Merge lines from different layers
- 2.10 Unite lines
- 2.11 Snap lines
- 2.12 Join polygons
- 2.13 Extend polygon
- 2.14 Insert island
- 2.15 Define unit surrounding islands
- 2.16 Create 'doughnut'
- 2.17 Fill 'doughnut' polygon
- 2.18 Fill polygon with 'holes'
- 2.19 Digitize parcels from sector layout
- 3. GIS operations
- 3.1 Create buffer
- 3.2 Create exclusion zone
- 3.3 Overlay units
- 3.4 Convert line to polygon
- 3.5 Derive statistics (area size, length)
- 3.6 Clip unit according to other unit
- 3.7 Create geographic grid
- 3.8 Move entire vector map
- 3.9 Move or copy individual features on a map
- 3.10 Adjust polygon to line
- 3.11 Convert points to polygon
- 3.12 Define by distance
- 3.13 Create multiple objects
- 3.14 Transfer styles from one layer to another
- 4. Attribute database
- 4.1 Start with database
- 4.2 Import database
- 4.3 Display database information
- 4.4 Enter attribute data
- 4.5 Attribute matrix of multiple layers
- 4.6 Seeds
- 4.7 Repair attribute data
- 4.8 Merge lines with attached database
- 4.9 Transfer attribute data from points to polygons
- 4.10 Copy styles, labels, attributes
- 5. Conversion of data
- 5.1 Points
- 5.1.1 Import list of points from text file
- 5.1.2 Import list of points from Excel file
- 5.1.3 Convert point coordinates between projections
- 5.1.4 Convert point coordinates from Ghana War Office (feet)
- 5.1.5 Convert point coordinates from Ghana Clark 1880 (feet)
- 5.1.6 Track with GPS
- 5.1.7 Download GPS track from Garmin
- 5.1.8 Download GPS track from PDA
- 5.2 Vector maps
- 5.3 Raster maps
- 5.3.1 Import raster map from external source
- 5.3.2 Quality-check raster file
- 5.3.3 Georeference scanned map
- 5.3.4 Re-georeference image
- 5.3.5 Load sector layout map
- 5.3.6 Shift raster map
- 5.3.7 Download Google Earth image
- 5.3.8 Clipping and masking images
- 5.3.9 Enhance georeferenced image
- 5.3.10 Batch-convert raster images
- 5.4 Communication with other GIS programs
- 5.4.1 Import GIS data from SHP format
- 5.4.2 Import GIS data from E00 format
- 5.4.3 Import GIS data from AutoCAD
- 5.4.4 Export LUPMIS data to other programs
- 5.4.5 Export GIS to AutoCAD
- 5.4.6 Change a shape file to GPX
- 5.4.7 Transfer GIS data to other LUPMIS installations
- 5.4.8 Digitize lines in Google Earth
- 5.5 Terrain data
- 5.1 Points
- 6. Presentation
- 7. GIS for land use planning
- 8. LUPMIS Tools
- 9. Databases
- Annexes
- A1. Map Maker setup
- A2. Background to cartography and raster images
- A3. Glosssary
- A4. Troubleshooting
- A5. Styles
- A6. Classification for land use mapping and planning
- A7. GIS utilities
- A8. Map projection parameters
- A9. Maps in pilot areas
- A10.Standards
- A11. LUPMIS distribution CD
- A12. Garmin GPS
- A13. Training
- A14. ArcView
- A15. Population statistics
- A16. Entry and display of survey data
- A17. External exercises
- A18. Programming
- A19. Paper sizes
- A20. Various IT advices
- A21. Site map and references
A9.8 Ghana
Annexes > A9. Maps in pilot areas
A9.8 Ghana
Orthophotomaps and satellite imagery maps of different quality are available for some parts of the country. Most of the aerial photography has been flown for the Land Administration Project. Dynamic, interactive maps will soon be available at the webportal on a GIS web server.
--- Index of orthophotomaps and images to come soon ---
Currently, following thematic nationwide maps have been compiled (not all are released yet):
- Coloured regions (code: 101)
- Outline of regions (102)
- Ghana general 1 (103)
- Ghana general 1, with neighbour countries (104)
- Ghana general 2 (105)
- Ghana general 2, with neighbour countries (106)
- Political (201)
- Towns and relief (301)
- Towns and relief, with neighbour countries (302)
- Population (303)
- Languages (304)
- Language family (305)
- Roads (401)
- Power situation (402)
- Transport (403)
- Telecom mobile coverage 2010, with population (404)
- Telecom mobile coverage 2010, without population (405)
- Electricity grid (406)
- Planned road network (407)
- Topography (501)
- Altitude (502)
- Soils (503)
- Minerals (504)
- Oil exploration (506)
- Magnetic field intensity (507)
- Radiometric (508)
- Brown clay (509)
- Earthquake risk (510)
- Relief (511)
- Limestone (512)
- Vegetation (601)
- Forest reserves (602)
- Ecological zones (603)
- Climate (701)
- Precipitation annual (702)
- Precipitation monthly (703-714)
- Temperature annual (715)
- Temperatue monthly (716-727)
- Potential evapotranspiration (728)
- Forestry and fishing (801)
- Food crops (802)
- Cash crops (803)
- Industry (804)
- Tourism (805)
- History before 1800 (901)
- History around 1800 (902)
- Colonial history (903)
- Current history (904)
Table below will help to identify the coordinate system.
X value (Easting) |
Y value (Northing) |
Coordinate system |
3.26 W - 1.20 E |
4.74 N - 11.18 N |
Lat / long |
471,000 - 965,000 |
524,000 - 1,237,000 |
UTM 30 |
War Office (m) |
||
Clarke 1880 (m) |
||
n.a. |
n.a. |
War Office (feet) |
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