Anthromes v1 (ArcInfo ASCII GRID)

GIS data for the global map of Anthropogenic Biomes (version 1) originally published in Ellis and Ramankutty (2008). The ZIP file contains an ArcInfo ASCII GRID and associated files for use in GIS software. This dataset is a 5 arc minute thematic grid, prepared as described in WebPanel 1 of Ellis and Ramankutty (2008). An image (.png) file describing the map legend/symbology is: anthromes_v1_legend.png To view these data in ArcGIS, simply unzip to an accessible directory. Please Cite: Ellis, E. C., and N. Ramankutty. 2008. Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6:439-447. Download publication here: http://www.ecotope.org/people/ellis/papers/ellis_2008.pdf More information here: http://ecotope.org/anthromes/v1/