Land-Use and Land-Cover Classification

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Detecting Land Changes Over Time 

Land-use and land-cover classification is measuring changes, or disturbances, to the land surface caused by human activity or natural events. These changes include those caused by land development, resource extraction, fires, and insects. Alberta’s decision-makers use information about the types and extents of land disturbances on the landscape for regulatory planning, sustainable energy development, land-use planning, and cumulative effects management. We measure the land changes using annual Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. The process we use is transparent, repeatable, location specific, and provides evidence-based information to decision-makers.

 

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