These can be easily accessed by clicking on the following buttons:
How to access and use The Landscape Map or The Tree Map:
Click on the above buttons to view either map.
Zoom in on any area and explore.
Use the Legend to turn on/off various Map Layers.
Click on any colour-coded Map Point and read the text for it.
These maps work with Google Maps. Once you've accessed it, you will be able to explore its details through your Saved places. Scroll down through Your Lists to the end and click Maps, then Landscape Heritage SA Test Map or Heritage Tree Map: Cape Town. While you're out and about exploring the country you will also be able to learn all about the incredibly rich world of the Landscape Heritage of Southern Africa.
Alternatively, if you're working in the field and wish to add records of your own in your own Tree Map, or check if anyone has recorded the trees on your site or area first, you can easily do so with our working Tree Map which currently is focussed on the Cape Town area. We would love to expand the map across the cities, farms and rural areas.
PS We need knowledgeable contributors who can help us build up the various map layers working with any of the various landscape or tree types in their geographical area or area of expertise. Please contact us if you wish to get involved in this rewarding project!
The Landscape Map has the following 10 layers:
Coastal Landscapes, Marine & Seascapes
Terrestrial Landscapes
National Parks, Nature Reserves, Conservancies, etc.
Ancient Landscapes & Protected Sites
Agricultural, Indigenous & Vernacular Landscapes
Historic Settlements, Towns & Cities
Historic Parks, Gardens & Landscapes.
Public Parks & Gardens, Arboretums & Botanical Gardens
Private Gardens & Estates
Designed Landscapes & Infrastructure.
We haven't got as far as subdividing this small test map yet but have the idea that the broad tree layers would include:
Street trees
Garden trees
Park trees
Historic trees
Big trees
Memorial trees
Avenue trees
Woodland trees
Forest treees
Farm trees
As there are so many trees and each map has a limitation of 10,000 tree/map points, at the present time we would have to create area maps for each city or town, district or municipality, etc as required.
Many more maps are required as noted under The Tree Map/s and likewise could be for The Landscape Map/s.
This enables the opportunity also for you to create your own maps in similar style to cover your landscapes, trees and/or projects that you are trying to record.
City Maps
Town Maps
Country Maps
Project Maps
Company Maps
Personal Maps
This will be a process that we develop over time with our colleagues, partners and active tree and landscape mappers who we are calling Landscapists!
That's a term to match scientists and citizen science which we are matching with landscapists and citizen landscape.