Land Use and Land Cover Classification (GIS4035)

For Lab 2, we worked on land use and land cover classification. As can be seen in the map provided, it was a satellite image of Pascagoula, MS. The objective was to classify the entire map.

I began by giving the map a general overview, that way I knew what to expect before classifying. A blank shapefile was made so polygons could be drawn in edit mode. Once a polygon was created, a LULC code along with description was added to the table. I started with the water and forest features, then moving onto industrial and commercial. Then more specific features were identified and finally the residential areas. These were then exported to a geodatabase so that the individual features could be given a unique color along with changing the transparency. The final result can be seen in the map provided.

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