Mapping moderate-scale land-cover over very large geographic areas within a collaborative framework: A case study of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-73

  Lowry, J ^a   Ramsey, R D ^a   Thomas, K ^e   Schrupp, D ^f   Sajwaj, T ^c   Kirby, J ^a   Waller, E ^g   Schrader, S ^b   Falzarano, S ^e   Langs, L ^a   Manis, G ^a   Wallace, C ^e   Schulz, K ^d   Comer, P ^d   Pohs, K ^e   Rieth, W ^a   Velasquez, C ^g   Wolk, B ^g   Kepner, W ^c   Boykin, K ^b   O'Brien, L ^g   Bradford, D ^c   Thompson, B ^b   Prior Magee, J ^e   more..

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NATURESERVE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Habitat Resources Section ^*  (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative projects; Decision tree classifiers; Gap Analysis Program (GAP); Geographic information systems; Land cover mapping; Large area mapping; Meso scale mapping; Moderate scale mapping; Remote sensing; Southwestern U.S.; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; DECISION TREE CLASSIFIERS; GAP ANALYSIS PROGRAM (GAP); LAND-COVER MAPPING; LARGE-AREA MAPPING; MESO-SCALE MAPPING; MODERATE SCALE MAPPING; SOUTHWESTERN US; VEGETATION MAPPING;

MAPPING;

DATA SET; GIS; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARIZONA; COLORADO; NEVADA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 34047273026     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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