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remote sensing data. Initiated by the author and the Delegate of Urban affairs, it will be the first time 
that remote sensing data will be used for Urban development studies in Cameroon. If this project will 
be successful then many other towns in the Country will benefit from the technology. Satellite imagery 
mapping is fast and with a 10 meter spatial resolution, buildings Yards, roads, property boundaries, 
farm fields, and tree stands can be located. 
6.1.4 Wildlife managements. 
GIS offers powerful modeling tools for wildlife managers. A special model used to predict elephants 
distribution on mount Cameroon was based on GPS mapping. Wildlife guides of the mount Cameroon 
project were trained to use a GPS receiver. They made many trips up the mountain and within the 
rainforest on the mountain to identify wildlife grazing range and sightings. (mountain elephants, 
antelopes, monkeys , chimpanzees and birds). Most of the rainforests of the equatorial region of Africa 
are contiguous across the boarders of six central African Countries: Zaire, Gabon, Equatorial-Guinea, 
Cameroon, Congo and the Central African Republic and comprise one third of the range of the African 
elephant . To draw a management plan for wildlife management on Mount Cameroon, there was a 
need to map the distribution of wildlife sighting, movement tracks, hunters camps location and caves. 
Since this information can not be derived from the landsat satellite image, GPS mapping was the only 
technique available at the project office. GPS data was collected periodically by field staff who went to 
the mountain and forest. This data described the geographical location of each site in longitude and 
latitudes followed by a remark or observation . This data was later input in the GIS database on the 
base map of the project area in the computer. 
Farms were mapped and plotted on the Bomboko forest reserve map digitized using the CAMRIS GIS 
software. (computer Aided Mapping and resource Inventory system). 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Way Point | GPS Location Mapping Remarks 
No. Longitude (E) Description 
Latitude (N) 
091 9°16 E Bonakanda Village This is the highest village located on mount 
4°12 N Cameroon 
092 9 12 E Lava Track The lava track width at this point is 800m 
4 17N 
093 009 12.E Lava track The lava track width at this point is 800m 
04 17.N 
094 009 12 637 E Lava track Hunting camp grouping hunters of Bonakanda 
04 17.706 N village 
095 000 1i.E Bonakanda 1 hunting 
04 17.621 N village 
098 009 11E Elephants Seven elephants were grazing here 
04 17 646N 
099 009 10. E Lava track 1.5 km wide 
04 16N (1.5km) 
100 009 10 E Lava track 
04 16. N 
101 009 10N End of lava 
04 16 N 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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