From need to product: A methodology for completing a land cover map of Canada with Landsat data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-186

  Cihlar, J ^a   Guindon, B ^a   Beaubien, J ^b   Latifovic, R ^a   Peddle, D ^c   Wulder, M ^d   Fernandes, R ^a   Kerr, J ^a  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

LAND COVER MAP;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0013005472     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m02-090     Document Type: Article

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