Tracking forest change and development using low-cost remote sensing imagery and GIS integration

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Briggs, Nathan A ^a   Sader, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Forest conversion; Landsat; Mapping accuracy

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; COSTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST CONVERSION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERPRETATION METHODS; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING ACCURACY; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

FORESTRY;

AIR CRAFT; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

EID: 73949127146     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/26.4.148     Document Type: Article

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