What We're Measuring
Images
to Land Cover
Computer
programs and human expertise then turn the database/image into
a land cover map. Land cover is what’s on the surface
of the earth (forest), as opposed to land use, which is what
is planned, practiced or permitted (park, wildlife sanctuary).
While
the image itself is useful and instructive, it is still a picture.
The resultant land cover data, however, can be quantified to
show overall land cover patterns. To the right are examples
from Hartford. |
