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1984 Land Use & Land Cover Map

 

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Chapter 4 - Methodology

Data Acquisition  |  GPS Ground Truth Data Acquisition  |  Image Preprocessing  |  Image Classification  |  Change Detection  |  1984 Land Use & Land Cover Map  |  Data Conversion  |  Land Assessment  |  Hardcopy Map Production

1984 Land Use & Land Cover Map

Once the land use and land cover change map (Band 7 difference file) was created, the 1984 land use and land cover map was developed by employing simple image modeling techniques. (Figure 4.11) Areas that were classified as experiencing no change were classified the same in 1984 as in 1999 while those areas that had experienced either change from forest to pasture or pasture to forest were classified accordingly in the 1984 land use and land cover map. This process was completed by employing image modeling techniques with the utilization of logical ‘if’, ‘then’ statements. Although this straightforward approach did not reflect other potential land use changes, the 1984 land use and land cover map suitably reflected the extent of previously forested areas as well as previous pastures before being reverted to successional forest. Statistical and quantitative analysis of the 1984 and 1999 land use and land cover maps as well as the land use and land cover change map 1984 – 1999 are presented in Chapter 5, Results and Analysis.

Figure 4.11