Forest cover from Landsat Thematic Mapper data for use in the Catahoula anger District geographic information system.

David Evans

doi:10.2737/SO-GTR-99

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Forest cover from Landsat Thematic Mapper data for use in the Catahoula anger District geographic information system.

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Authors:

David Evans

Year:

1994

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-99

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-99. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 14 p.

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Abstract

A forest cover classification of the Kisatchie National Forest, Catahoula Ranger district, was performed with Landsat Thematic Mapper data. Data base retrievals and map products from this analysis demonstrated use of Landsat for forest management decisions.

Keywords

forest mapping, GIS, image processing remote sensing, supervised classification

Citation

Evans, David L. 1994. Forest cover from Landsat Thematic Mapper data for use in the Catahoula anger District geographic information system. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-99. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 14 p.