Tutorial for the www.vegetationmap4africa.org that shows how to show the distribution of 'useful tree species' for any place within 8 countries in Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia).

1. vegetationmap4africa
Show species distribution
in Google Earth
By: Roeland Kindt, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), 2015

2. Open the species distribution page.
Show species distribution in Google Earth

3. Click on the hyperlink for the species of choice (Ocotea usambarensis in this example).
The hyperlink opens a kml file that can be opened with Google Earth or Google Earth Pro.
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4. The kml file shows the potential natural vegetation types (1) and countries (2) where the species occurs.
Get familiar with navigation in Google Earth (navigation tutorial).
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5. Check the folder for the species to show all labels (1) (you may need to repeat, especially after zooming)
Clicking the switchboard hyperlink (2) takes you to the Agroforestry Species Switchboard.
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6. Zooming in may require to check the species folder again (1).
Clicking the hyperlink of a vegetation type (2) takes you to the vegetation factsheet.
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7. Clicking the label of a vegetation type (1) takes you to the vegetation factsheet.
Labels of the same vegetation structure are filled with the same colour. Label background = map colour.
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