Geographic information

• Boundary of Arboretum L.R. Holdridge
• Streams of the Arboretum L.R. Holdridge
• Trees of the Arboretum
• Grid Tubes La Selva: map, documentation
• Boundaries of La Selva Biological Station (LSBS)
• Digital Elevation Model
• 1m, 5m, 10m Elevation contours of La Selva
• Línea 8. Property and Land Acquisition History
• Land use in 1966, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1988, 2000, 2008
• Signs marking trail distances
• Research plots
• Soils 2989
• Rivers
• Swamps
• Trails
• Buildings
• Braulio Carrillo transect to La Selva
• Watersheds

• Sarapiquí Watershed Boundaries OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Rivers (arcs) OTS (La Selva GIS)-IGN (1:50000 Hojas)
• Rivers (poly) OTS (La Selva GIS)-IGN (1:50000 Hojas)

• DEM (IGN) CATIE-IGN (1:200000 Hojas)
• DEM (SRTM) NASA (SRTM)

• Schools OTS (La Selva GIS)-IGN (1:50000 Hojas)
• Towns (1:200000) ITCR (AtlasCR 2000)-IGN (1:200000 Hojas)
• Roads (1:200000) ITCR (AtlasCR 2000)-IGN (1:200000 Hojas)
• Roads (1:50000) IGN (1:50000 Hojas)

• Forest Reserves (fragments) OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Braulio Carillo NP: Boundaries ACCVC – OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Braulio Carillo NP: History ACCVC – OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Altitudinal transect OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Shelters in altitudinal transect OTS (La Selva GIS)
• Protected Areas SINAC

• Aerial photos La Selva, 1966 B/W IGN
• Aerial photos La Selva, 1971 B/W IGN
• Aerial photos La Selva, 1976 B/W IGN
• Aerial photos La Selva, 1983 B/W IGN
• Aerial photos La Selva, 1988 Color IGN
• Full regional set; 1998 – TERRA Project (normal color)
• Full regional set; 2003 – CARTA Project (color IR)
• Full regional set; 2005 – CARTA Project (color IR)

• FLI-MAP (Fast Laser Imaging-Mapping) data 1997
• LVIS (Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor) data 1998
• LVIS (Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor) data 2005
• Satellite image LANDSAT 5 (March 1986)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 5 (March 1996)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 5 (November 1996)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 5 (September 1998)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 5 (March 1999)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 7 (January 2000)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 7 (June 2001)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 7 (September 2002)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 7 (December 2002)
• Satellite image LANDSAT 7 (December 2003)
• HYDICE DATA 1998
• IKONOS (August 2000)
• Quickbird (June 2002)
• Quickbird (February 2003, 2007, 2008)
• LIDAR (2006, 2009)

• Land use history
• Land use 1992 unknown MAG – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Land use 1997 LANDSAT CCT / CIEDES / FONAFIFO
• Land use 1998 aerial photographs CENIGA
• Land use 1998 – 1999 aerial photographs Ecomapas, INBio
• Forest cover 2000 LANDSAT EOSL, University of Alberta

• Roads 1:200000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Roads 1:50000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Roads 1:25000 CENIGA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Bridges 1:25000 CENIGA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Airstrips 1:25000 CENIGA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Towns 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Clinics 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Hospitals 1:50000 Ministerio de Salud – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Schools 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• High schools 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Districts 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Counties 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Provinces 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Social Development Index per county 1:200000 MTSS / PNUD / CNE – Atlas de
• Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Health indicators per county 1:200000 CCSS – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Fire stations 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Rural aqueducts 1:50000 AyA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Aquifers unknown Jorge Fallas (UNA) – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Watersheds DEM SRTM Laboratorio de SIG Las Cruces
• Wetlands 1:200000 UICN / MINAE – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Flood risk unknown CNE – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Wells unknown SENARA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Rivers 1:200000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Rivers 1:50000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Rivers 1:25000 CENIGA
• Important hydrologic zones unknown Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Precipitation gages unknown ICE / IMN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Temperature stations unknown Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR) – SIG Las Cruces
• Rainfall 1:200000 MAG – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Biotic zones 1:685000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Life Zones 1:200000 CCT – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Dry months 1:200000 MAG – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• 90m SRTM Digital elevation model 90m NASA
• 30m Digital elevation model 30m GIS Lab Las Cruces
• 5m Digital elevation model 5m GIS Lab Las Cruces
• Contours – 20m 1:50000 IGN
• Contours – 10m 1:25000 CENIGA

• Soil types 1:200000 CCT – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Optimum land use 1:50000 CCT
• Geologic faults unknown Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Geology 1:50000 USGS / UCR – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Seismic activity 1973 – 2001 unknown OVISCORI – Atlas de Costa Rica 2004 (ITCR)
• Seismic activity 2001 – 2004 unknown RSN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2004 (ITCR)

• Protected areas 1:50000 SINAC – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Indigenous reserves 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Conservation areas unknown SINAC – Atlas de Costa Rica 2004 (ITCR)
• Biological corridors 1:50000 SINAC2009- Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Land use planning 1:500000 y 1:200000 Proyecto GRUAS – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Full regional set; 1992 (B&W)
• Full regional set; 1998 – TERRA Project (normal color)
• Full regional set; 2003 – CARTA Project (color IR)
• Full regional set; 2005 – CARTA Project (color IR)
• 1960 Las Cruces and vicinity (black and white)
• 1973 Las Cruces and vicinity (black and white)
• 1980 Las Cruces and vicinity (black and white)

• MSS – Landsat 2 – January 1979
• TM – Landsat 5 – January 1987 All Landsat images have radiometric and geometric corrections (± 200m accuracy)
• ETM+ is L1G
• MASTER comes with input geometry file for georeference. Pixel size is 30m
• TM – Landsat 5 – February 1998
• ETM+ – Landsat 7 – February 2000
• ETM+ – Landsat 7 – January 2001
• ETM+ – Landsat 7 – January 2003
• ETM+ – Landsat 7 – January 2006
• MASTER – March 2005
• Hymap – March 2005

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• Land use 1992 unknown MAG – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Land use 1997 LANDSAT CCT / CIEDES / FONAFIFO
• Land use 1998 – 1999 aerial photographs Ecomapas, INBio
• Land Use 2005 CARTA Project, PRIAS Atlas 2014 (ITCR)

• Roads 1:50000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Roads 1:25000 CENIGA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Bridges 1:25000 CENIGA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Towns 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Clinics 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Hospitals 1:50000 Ministerio de Salud – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Schools 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• High schools 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Districts 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Counties 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Provinces 1:200000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Social Development Index per county 1:200000 MTSS / PNUD / CNE – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Health indicators per county 1:200000 CCSS – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Fire stations 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• Rural aqueducts 1:50000 AyA – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Aquifers unknown Jorge Fallas (UNA) – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Watersheds – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Wetlands 1:200000 UICN / MINAE – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Rivers 1:50000 IGN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• DRAT 1:50000 SENARA 2010 (Distrito de Riego Arenal Tempisque)

• Precipitation gages unknown ICE / IMN – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Temperature stations unknown Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR) – SIG Las Cruces
• Rainfall 1:200000 MAG – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Life Zones 1:200000 CCT – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)

• 90m SRTM Digital elevation model 90m NASA
• Contours – 20m 1:50000 IGN

• 2002 Ikonos
• 1974- 2002 Landsat
• 2012 Rapid eye

2016 Torre Laguna

• Protected areas 1:50000 SINAC – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Indigenous reserves 1:50000 Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Conservation areas unknown SINAC – Atlas de Costa Rica 2004 (ITCR)
• Biological corridors 1:50000 SINAC2009- Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Land use planning 1:500000 y 1:200000 Proyecto GRUAS – Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)
• Forest Types 1:50000 SINAC Atlas de Costa Rica 2014 (ITCR)