If you don't have gis you can also use image J or other image editing software. Just cut the proper map projection up with the program, trim off the oceans, and get the # of pixels for each range of latitudes. You will then have the total pixels in the continent and the number of pixels in your slice. Convert this to a %, then grab the area of the continent and multiply it by each percentage and you will have the area per slice! :)
Malcolm On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Abdel Halloway <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ECOLOG, > > I was hoping you could help me. I'm trying to determine the land area of > the New World and Old World separately within certain latitudinal ranges. > Is there some way of determining this? Any information will be helpful. > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Abdel Halloway -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
