Rapid digitization to reclaim thematic maps of white-tailed deer density from 1982 and 2003 in the conterminous US

Brice Hanberry; Phillip Hanberry

doi:10.7717/peerj.8262

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Rapid digitization to reclaim thematic maps of white-tailed deer density from 1982 and 2003 in the conterminous US

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Authors:

Brice Hanberry, Phillip Hanberry

Year:

2020

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8262

Source:

PeerJ. 8: e8262.

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Abstract

Despite availability of valuable ecological data in published thematic maps, manual methods to transfer published maps to a more accessible digital format are time-intensive. Application of object-based image analysis makes digitization faster.

Keywords

eCognition, GIMP, herbivory, historical geography, object-based image analysis

Citation

Hanberry, Brice; Hanberry, Phillip. 2020. Rapid digitization to reclaim thematic maps of white-tailed deer density from 1982 and 2003 in the conterminous US. PeerJ. 8: e8262.