Discussion Session

Land Cover and Forest Monitoring

2013 Pacific Islands GIS/RS User Conference18th – 22nd NovemberSuva, Fiji Islands

Vilisi TokalauvereGIS/RS Officer

SOPAC DIVISIONSecretariat of the Pacific Community

The need

For Food SecurityFAO ReportingBio-fuel ProjectsClimate Change

Carbon StockLand Cover has to be reported

2013 Pacific Islands GIS/RS User Conference

Main Problems

Texture analysis requires high-resolution image data

Cloud cover still problem Image segmentation necessary Signature database missing No capacity in PIC

2013 Pacific Islands GIS/RS User Conference

Display QuickBird Data

Texture of pan-sharpened QuickBird data allows to separate palm and natural forest

Texture of pan-sharpened QuickBird data allows to separate palm and natural forest

Spectral SeparationSpectral Separation

Pandanas

Shrub

BananasBreadfruit

Reflection over Vegetation

RGB NIR

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BANDS

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FL

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TIO

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Coconut

Breadfruit

Pandanus

Visual Interpretation Vs Semi Automatic Classification.