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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FOREST VEGETATION MAP 
IN ZONGULDAK REGION, TURKEY 
*Feyza Akyuz, Ph.D.;**Gulen Ozalp, D.F.;*** A. Oguz Altunel, MS 
Univesity of Istanbul, Turkey 
Faculty of Forestry 
* Prof. in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
** Assoc. Prof. in Silviculture 
*** Research Assistant in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 
KEY WORDS: Ecosystems, Forestry, GIS 
ABSTRACT 
The aim of the project is to design on computer, The Forest Vegetation Map of Citdere District 
within the Zonguldak Forest Directorate. Aerial photography and conventional methods were used 
in data acquisition. The site properties are essential for tending, natural / artificial regeneration and 
plantation. Any work, not taken into considerations of these properties in the future might be 
potentially dangerous to the forestry. Due to this risk, it is very important to create the site map. 
Producing the vegetation and soil maps is the fist step in the creating the site map. The vegetation 
maps are not only fundamental for the site maps, but may also have many work spaces such as, 
ecosystem, ecology, agriculture and forestry. Much information about natural preservation, impacts 
caused by antropogen and vegetation dynamics can be obtained from vegetation maps. That’s why 
they have many advantages to be inspected. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
The purpose of producing a vegetation map is to determine the specifications and extend, zone, of 
the plant species in that region. However, producing a vegetation map does not mean anything 
unless it serves an objective in the practice. One can understand the natural capacity and the 
characteristics of a particular region in which the plant diversity is studied. At the same time, with 
the help of producing similar map at certain intervals, vegetation characteristics and zones, 
depending on the time and utilisation purposes, can be determined. But, to determine the definite 
variations among different vegetation groups, soil studies must accompany with the vegetation 
ones. In forestry, vegetation maps helps considerably in the establishments of silvicultural 
application units as well as in planning. 
GIS is a system in which data manipulations, analyse and confirmations can be performed, so maps, 
tables, reports and graphics that decision makers, analysts and planners base on their decisions. 
Thus, in order for a GIS analyse to be used properly, location accuracy must be of utmost priority at 
the very beginning. 
The determination of all the species and sub-species in the region was completed to be able to 
produce a vegetation map. First, vegetation samples are acquired so that every tree and brush 
species in the region was included. All the samples were then tabulated, and required forest units 
and the detailed explanations of the species in these units were determined out of the tables. After it 
was determined that the samples could be classified in the field or not, the range of the confirmed 
  
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