Essays about: "Jeanette Mcbride"

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  1. 1. Mapping Chicago area urban tree canopy using color infrared imagery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Jeanette Mcbride; [2011]
    Keywords : physical geography; GIS; tree canopy; color-infrared imagery; urban forest; vegetation indices; NDVI; remote sensing; Chicago; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : General summary Satellite imagery has been used to create highly accurate land cover maps, even effectively identifying different types of vegetation. Differences in pixel values in one or more colors in an image provide a way to create computer-generated land cover maps, but the large pixel size of many satellite images is not appropriate for urban areas where details, such as individual street trees, are not recognizable. READ MORE