Practical handbook for agricultural land cover mapping in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

This handbook presents the detailed steps for national agricultural land cover mapping, conducted with limited resources and budget from design to final validation and production. It covers the technical aspects of 1) selection and preprocess of satellite imagery (both optical and radar), 2) definition of a land cover legend using international standards, 3) the integration with other existing information as well as the analysis of such database in order to assign a thematic classification, 4) the interpretation, 5) the accuracy assessment and 6) the final packaging and publication of results. The handbook focuses on mapping agricultural land, in a complex landscape, such as the one found in Lao PDR, where atmospheric conditions, topographic effects and management makes the classification challenging. The handbook also presents practical examples of the team, software and skill-set required to develop a national land cover dataset. The objective of the document is to provide a working manual to other national teams willing to develop a land cover mapping programme.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	1423211781731 Saysongkham Sayavong, 187275 FAO, Rome (Italy). Land and Water Div. eng, 1423211781732 Sorlaty Sengxeu, 1423211781733 Chinda Mounlamany, 1423211781734 Phavanh Saylichanh, 1423211781735 Petri, M., 1423211781736 Franceschini, G., 1423211781737 Thongphanh Thoummaly, 1423211781738 Korlor Nyiama, 1423211780805 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane (Lao People's Deomocratic Republic) eng
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Vientiane (Lao People's Deomocratic Republic) FAO/MAF 2020
Subjects:	land cover mapping, land use mapping, land information systems, satellite imagery, quality controls, data collection, training materials,
Online Access:	http://www.fao.org/3/ca9960en/CA9960EN.pdf https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9960en
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