Accuracy of aerial photos for recognizing trees in West African cultural landscapes

TY - JOUR

T1 - Accuracy of aerial photos for recognizing trees in West African cultural landscapes

AU - Madsen, Jens E.

AU - Lind, Morten

AU - Fog, Bjarne

PY - 1999/1/1

Y1 - 1999/1/1

N2 - A Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to combine digital aerial photo interpretation with a botanical ground mapping of six 25 ha study plots in order to test the accuracy of tree recognition in cultural landscapes of West Africa. The study documents and discusses a variety of factors which influence tree recognition on digital photos and it is also shown that tree recognition is linked to land use patterns.

AB - A Geographical Information System (GIS) was used to combine digital aerial photo interpretation with a botanical ground mapping of six 25 ha study plots in order to test the accuracy of tree recognition in cultural landscapes of West Africa. The study documents and discusses a variety of factors which influence tree recognition on digital photos and it is also shown that tree recognition is linked to land use patterns.

KW - Aerial photos

KW - Burkina Faso

KW - Cultural landscapes

KW - Sahel

KW - Tree recognition

KW - Woody vegetation

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M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0033367443

SN - 0016-7223

SP - 139

EP - 149

JO - Geografisk Tidsskrift

JF - Geografisk Tidsskrift

IS - SPEC. ISS. 2

ER -