Abstract
The Iraqi Marshlands has natural and economic potential through its environment rich in various forms of lives. This region has suffered numerous setbacks due to human and natural factors, especially in the last two decades of the last century, which led to significant environmental degradation. The purpose of this paper is to prepare spatial data for the area of the marshes in Iraq as a base (Hour-al Hoveizah and central marshes and Hammar). Also, the other aim is to produce a digital geodatabase for the marshes for the years 1973, 1986, 1999, 2006 and 2016 by using ArcGIS. The process of building geodatabase has been through done in three stages: the first stage is including data collection. The second stage will be by merging the satellite images covering the Iraqi marshes and add to images in order to get the image mosaic process. Also, a georeferencing of satellite images is to be done with all the traditional maps of the same area of the marsh. Finally, complete the full geodatabase for the area of interest by using ArcGIS as the in Cartography Design. The results of this research would be a geodatabase for the Iraqi marshes.
Highlights
The Iraqi marshes are considered one of the oldest areas with population stability on their lands
While in the period between 1997 -2009 the population growth rate has dropped to -0.6%
geographic information system (GIS) provides enormous possibilities to deal with the data within the system of spatial databases
Summary
The Iraqi marshes are considered one of the oldest areas with population stability on their lands. While in the period between 1997 -2009 the population growth rate has dropped to -0.6%. The decline in the rate of population growth has occurred due to several reasons. The environment and social and economic activities are closely linked and it is not possible to understand and see the changes taking place or develop without reference to the spatial dimension. For the purpose to improve the status of these areas and to prepare or update basic designs to preserve the natural and social environment, the database has to be set up for the Iraqi marshes during different periods depending on the satellite imagery and maps by using geoinformation for its ability to store and update spatial and non-spatial data and find what the relationships between spatial and non-spatial data are
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