Historical land cover classification of the Lake Baringo Area (Kenya) extracted from topographic maps

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*Title:*	Main Title: Historical land cover classification of the Lake Baringo Area (Kenya) extracted from topographic maps
*Description:*	Abstract: This dataset includes a shapefile representing the historical land cover of the Lake Baringo are in Kenya of 1962. The data has been extracted from 6 historical topographic map sheets of 1:50,000 scale. The topographic maps were obtained from Cambridge University and were originally created and published by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS). The land cover data was extracted using a multi workflow approach that integrates deep learning-based object detection, image segmentation, and Support Vector Machine classification. Nine land cover classes were extracted and assembled into a coherent polygon dataset. The resulting land cover map of 1962 provides a comprehensive digital reconstruction of mid- 20th century landscape conditions in Baringo County, offering a valuable baseline for long term environmental and socio ecological analyses.
*Identifier:*	10.83251/TRR228DB.400 (DOI)

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*Creators:*	Jan Kleine-Arndt (Author), Tanja Kramm (Author), Nicodemus Nyamari (Author), Georg Bareth (Author), Christina Bogner (Author)
*Funding Reference:*	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): CRC/TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
*Publisher:*	TRR228 Database (TRR228DB)
*Publication Year:*	2025

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*TRR228 Topic:*	Infrastructure
*Related Subprojects:*	A5, Z2
*Subjects:*	Keywords: Land Use, Historical Data, Vector Data, GIS, Geodata, Historical Maps
*Geogr. Information Topic:*	Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover

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*Filename:*	Historical_LC_BaringoCounty.zip
*Data Type:*	Dataset - Shapefile
*File Size:*	18.2 MB
*Date:*	Available: 16.07.2026
*Mime Type:*	application/zip
*Data Format:*	ESRI Shapefile
*Language:*	English
*Status:*	Completed

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*Download Permission:*	Free
*General Access and Use Conditions:*	According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement.
*Access Limitations:*	According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement.
*Licence:*	[TRR228DB] Data policy agreement

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