This picture of Miyako island was taken by the observation satellite, Landsat. The photo taken shows the island clearly as there were very few clouds. If you look north of Ikema Island, you can see the spread of coral reefs (yabiji). Surprisingly, the view from space shows that the amount of coral reefs around the island is fewer than expected. Another thing that can be seen through this picture is the island’s lack of greenery. We can see trees in the Ono Forest, Ikema swamp, and the western area of the Shimoji airport but other than those areas, the rest of the island is made up of farmland and cities.
It would be nice to have more greenery on our island.
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| (Photo Courtesy: USGS Earth Resource Observation and Science Center, STS043-608-39) |
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Miyakojima Kids Net edited this map for the pirpose of education based on the photograph data using a technique called the “Remote Sensing Extraction System”. This shows the distribution of forests and the plants based on a satellite photo of Miyako Island.
Miyakojima Kids Net created a filter and used 3D processing to make it easy to find where in Miyako Island the trees and plants are located. With the yellow area representing developed land and the green representing vegetation, you can clearly see how little trees and plants grow on the island.
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| (Original Photo Courtesy: esri ArcGIS System) |
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Miyako Island Kids Net (www.miyakojima-kids.net) made this analytical photograph with an optical sensor system.
Based on a recent satellite, these photos were generated as a distribution model to find areas of plants and vegetation along the coast line of Miyako Island.
From this picture, you can see the Ikema Island and Karimata district (the northern part of Miyako Island) and a volume of slightly-pitted plant covered area can be seen along the shore line. |
The photo shown here is in gray scale only, but we can use other color filters and different wavelengths to find more details.
By keep track of all of these data, we will be able to know the development of the shoreline from the past and keep records for the future. Hopefully, the island can be protected from wreckage on the environment through disorderly land developments. |
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Environmental change causes a large impact to small islands.
This cluster is to find better solutions to prevent environmental change from negatively affecting small islands. |
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