Laikipia Kenya GIS Layers for Regional and Local Land Analysis

Laikipia Research Programme GIS Datasets contain thematic layers for roads, settlements, and urban centers across Kenya's Laikipia district and Ewaso Ng'iro Basin. Data is structured at two scales: regional (1:250,000 and 1:50,000) and local (parcel/catchment level), with coordinate systems including UTM. The dataset was created by the CEOS_EXTRA organization and last updated in December 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze road network connectivity and density using the Roads layer for transportation planning.
• Map settlement patterns and urban center distribution from the Settle and Centres layers for demographic studies.
• Model land parcel and catchment boundaries at the local scale for watershed or agricultural management.
• Perform multi-scale analysis by integrating regional (1:250,000) and local (1:5,000) layers for cross-level environmental assessment.

Strengths

• Multi-scale structure with defined regional (1:250,000, 1:50,000) and local (down to 1:2,500) mapping levels.
• Explicit documented fuzzy tolerance values for digitizing accuracy, e.g., 6.35 meters for 1:250,000 scale.

Limitations

• Temporal staleness: data is from 1994 and may not reflect current landscape conditions.
• Unknown sample size and row count for thematic layers like Roads.E00 and Settle.E00.
• Potential geographic bias limited to the Laikipia district and Ewaso Ng'iro Basin in Kenya.

Provenance

Source

CEOS_EXTRA organization via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Digitized from maps at specified scales (e.g., 1:250,000) for regional and local study areas.

Time Range

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Freshness

1994-12-30

Geography

Laikipia district and Ewaso Ng'iro Basin, Kenya.