Papers by Richard Flemmings

The Ecological classification and Landuse mapping from satelite imagery project was completed in ... more The Ecological classification and Landuse mapping from satelite imagery project was completed in December 2014. By bringing together many years of expertise from the remote sensing, GIS, Survey and ecology sectors, the Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi (EAD) has produced a bespoke solution using cutting edge technology. The project has used the state of art satelite image processing technologies, complemented with unrival local ecological knowledge to provide terrestrial and marine mapping along with Landuse and Land Cover layesr at a scale of 1:10,000. The output of the project is available to the Abu Dhabi spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) community using the EAD's environmental data dissemination portal (http:// enviroportal.ead.ae/) Geospatial data forms a fundemental resources for informing policies for planning resources allocation in Abu Dhabi. The satelite mapping project will provide a crucial baseline for activities during the next 5 years.
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Papers by Richard Flemmings