A novel approach to mapping land conversion using Google Earth with an application to East Africa

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Jacobson, Andrew ^a,b   Dhanota, Jasjeet ^c   Godfrey, Jessie ^c   Jacobson, Hannah ^d   Rossman, Zoe ^c   Stanish, Andrew ^d   Walker, Hannah ^c   Riggio, Jason ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Graduate Group in Horticulture and Agronomy University of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; East Africa; GE grids; Google Earth; Land conversion; Land use land cover

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EAST AFRICA; GOOGLE EARTHS; LAND CONVERSION; LAND USE/ LAND COVERS;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84936870484     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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