Hawaiian
Land Divisions
SUBHEAD: A new way to access the Moku and Ahupuaa divisions of the
islands of Hawaii.
By Juan Wilson on 30
January 2012 for Island Breath -
(http://www.islandbreath.org/mokupuni/mokupuni.html)
Image above: Ka Mokupuni O Kahoolawe showing Muku and Ahupuaa divisions.
The traditional land divisions
of pre-contact Hawaiians was based on the sustainability and
self-relience within community watershed areas (ahupuaa) as well as
within
bioregions (moku) and lastly individual sovereign islands
(mokupuni). These natural land divisions were
the result of the flow of water over the land.
Of course, bondaries were also determined by the political influence
and power. We have, to the degree possible, ignored the land divisions
based on conquest and private ownership, and kept to the relaltion of
Hawaiians to the aina itself.
In 2010 Island Breath did a detailed survey using historical documents,
early Hawaiian Maps, USGS syurvey maps, the support of the Aha Keole
Advisory Committee, The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Council, The
Kauai Historic Society, and individual accounts by individuals such as
Ileialoha Beniamina.
Applied to these sources Island Breath used the geography of the
islands based on 3D GoogleEarth elevations and USGS map data as well as
the State of Hawaii GIS data on watersheds, streams and contours. This
information was used to tie the traditional information to modern
geographic modelling that describe the flow of water over the
land.
The resulting work produced files available to the public hat includes
GoogleEarth files, plotter files for producing 24"x36" maps,
high-resolution bitmap (raster image) files and GIS files compatable
with Arcview.
Links to those files, by individual islands, are available below. The
files can be used for non-commericial use.
If you choose to use these files or publish them, please give credit to
the source "IslandBreath.org ©2011". Please do no alter these files
without consultation and permission. If commercial use is desired, for
example selling printed maps, contract us for arrangements.
Juan Wilson
www.IslandBreath.org
juanwilson@mac.com
(808) 335-0733
PO Box 949 Hanapepe, HAwaii, 96716-0949
Mokupuni O Hawaii
Image above: Detail of Hawaii (Big
Island) traditional land divisions. Click to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (60MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (60MB)
Hi Rez
Raster File .PNG
(10MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (1MB)
Mokupuni
O Maui
Image above: Detail of Maui
traditional land divisions.Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (7MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (49MB)
Hi Rez Raster
File .PNG (14MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (1MB)
Mokupuni
O Molokai
Image above: Detail of Molokai
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (11MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (20MB)
Hi Rez
Raster File .PNG
(6MB)
Arcview
GIS files .SHP ZIP (.4MB)
Mokupuni
O Lanai
Image above: Detail of Lanai
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (7MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (30MB)
His Rez
Raster File .PNG
(8MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (.2MB)
Mokupuni
O Kahoolawe
Image above: Detail of Kahoolawe
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (2MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (11MB)
His
Rez Raster File .PNG
(3MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (.2MB)
Mokupuni
O Oahu
Image above: Detail of Oahu
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (26MB)
24"x36" Plotfile .PDF (45MB)
His Rez Raster
File .PNG (15MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (1MB)
Mokupuni
O Kauai
Image above: Detail of Kauai
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (15MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (40MB)
His Rez
Raster File .PNG
(15MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (.4MB)
Mokupuni
O Niihau
Image above: Detail of Niihau
traditional land divisions. Click
to see whole island.
Available Downloads:
GoogleEarth file .KMZ (2MB)
24"x36"
Plotfile .PDF (10MB)
His Rez
Raster File .PNG
(3MB)
Arcview GIS files .SHP ZIP (.4MB)
Access
to 3D GoogleEarth Window
SUBHEAD:
Hawaiian land divisions of Niihau. About 1 minute to load. HAWAII•MAUI•MOLOKAI•LANAI•KAHOOLAWE•OAHU•KAUAI•NIIHAU
For background see:
Pau
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