[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (Ground)

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mi., 15. Juli 2020 um 09:45 Uhr schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer <
dieterdreist at gmail.com>:

> If you are interested in reading some interesting thoughts about landcover
> classification, there is the FAO landcover classification system, thought
> to be useful globally:
> http://www.fao.org/3/X0596E/X0596e00.htm
>
>


there are only 8 main classes:
http://www.fao.org/3/X0596E/X0596e10.gif

and you can easily determine them through a decision matrix:
1. primarily vegetated or primarily non-vegetated?
2. terrestrial or aquatic/flooded regularly?
3. cultivated/man made/artificial or natural?

then they add additional properties like life forms, crops, leaf types,
climate, ...

>From the combination of these properties and classes, detailed land cover
classes are determined:


http://www.fao.org/3/x0596e/X0596e02a.htm#P1974_116516

E.g. here:

TABLE 3.4
*Example of the formation of land cover classes*

*EXAMPLE: "NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION" (A12)*

*Classifiers used*

*Boolean formula*

*Standard class name*

*Code*

Life form and cover

A3A10

Closed forest

20005

Height

A3A10B2

High closed forest

20006

Spatial distribution

A3A10B2C1

Continuous closed forest

20007

Leaf type

A3A10B2C1D1

Broad-leaved closed forest

20095

Leaf phenology

A3A10B2C1D1E2

Broad-leaved deciduous forest

20097

2nd layer: LF, C, H

A3A10B2C1D1E2F2F5F7G2

Multi-layered broad-leaved deciduous forest

20628

3rd layer: LF, C, H

A3A10B2C1D1E2F2F5F7G2

Multi-layer broad-leaved deciduous forest with emergents

20630

Cheers,
Martin

PS: And the best: LCCS comes as a run time application, you do not need to
have virtual basic installed !!11!!!
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