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Web Mapping (GIS): Using Spatial Data to Explore Hawaii's Biodiversity

PBIN Web Mapping Service
PBIN Web Mapping Service. Image: PBIN (Public Domain)

The PBIN web mapping service facilitates the exploration of biological data through a geographic interface. This tool has a high degree of functionality and some advanced GIS capability. Users can identify features, query data, create buffers, "mark up" the map interface with other relevant information and create a PDF map output.



PBIN Web Mapping Data Layers

+ Native Hawaiian Species

+ Mammals

  1. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Marine Mammals (Endangered Hawaiian monk seals, endangered humpback whales, and other whales and dolphins in coastal Hawaii.)
  2. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Marine Mammal Points (Hawaiian monk seal pupping and haul-out sites, metadata)

+ Birds

  1. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Birds (Endangered waterbirds and passerine birds, migratory shorebirds and waterfowl, gulls and terns, seabirds, raptors, and wading birds in coastal Hawaii.)
  2. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Nests (Seabird Nesting Colonies in coastal Hawaii.)

+ Reptiles

  1. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Reptiles (Sea turtle concentration areas, and nesting and basking locations in coastal Hawaii.)
  2. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Reptile Points (Sea turtle nesting sites, and sea turtle occurrences for species that are considered rare in Hawaii.)

+ Fish

  1. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Fish (Reef, marine, estuarine, and native stream fish species in coastal Hawaii.)
  2. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Fish Points (Native stream and anchialine pool fish species in coastal Hawaii.)

+ Invertebrate

  1. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Invertebrates (Marine, estuarine, terrestrial, and native stream invertebrate species in coastal Hawaii.)
  2. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Invertebrate Points (Native stream invertebrates, anchialine pool invertebrates, and threatened/endangered terrestrial invertebrates in coastal Hawaii.)

+ Invasive Species

+ Aquatic Data

  1. Streams (Streams, both perennial and intermittent, metadata)
  2. Watershed Boundaries (Watershed Unit Boundaries for the 8 major hawaiian islands, metadata)

+ Transportation

  1. Streams (Streams, both perennial and intermittent, metadata)
  2. Watershed Boundaries (Watershed Unit Boundaries for the 8 major hawaiian islands, metadata)

+ Vegetation / Land Cover

  1. Hawaii Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Data (Land cover data for main Hawaiian Islands circa 2000.)
  2. Hawaii Gap Analysis Program (HI-GAP) Data (Land cover in 37 statewide classes, metadata)

+ Climate Data

  1. Annual Median Rainfall

+ Marine Data

  1. Whale Sanctuary Boundaries (metadata)
  2. Marine Managed Areas (metadata)
  3. Marine Life Conservation Districts
  4. NOAA Benthic Habitats
  5. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Management (Data for artificial reefs, designated critical habitats, national parks, marine sanctuaries, special management areas state/regional parks, and wildlife refuges in Hawaii.)
  6. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Socioeconomic
  7. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Habitats (Data for corals, algae, seagrass, and native/rare terrestrial plants in coastal Hawaii.)
  8. Environmental Suitability Index (ESI) Habitat points (Data for rare/native terrestrial plants in coastal Hawaii.)
  9. Bathymetry (fine)

+ Administritive Boundaries

  1. State Land Use Districts (metadata)
  2. Maui County Land Parcels
  3. Honolulu County Land Parcels
  4. Hawaii County Land Parcels
  5. Zip codes
  6. Hawaii Gap Analysis Program (HI-GAP) Land Stewardship

+ Elevation

  1. USGS Hypsography (Contours)

+ Administritive Boundaries

  1. The Hawaiian Islands
  2. Landsat 30m Aerial Imagery
  3. USGS 1:24k DRGs
  4. USGS 10m Hill Shades

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