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Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study

Land cover map preparation is essential for catchment management, hydrological analysis, and flood mapping. The process of deriving accurate land cover maps is challenging and requires a certain level of skill and experience. Cloud cover and the heterogeneity of the area under consideration increase...

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Main Authors: Maqtan, Raidan, Othman, Faridah, Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan, Elshafie, Ahmed
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Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2024
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/44905/
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33
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spelling my.um.eprints.449052024-11-18T08:15:58Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/44905/ Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study Maqtan, Raidan Othman, Faridah Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan Elshafie, Ahmed TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Land cover map preparation is essential for catchment management, hydrological analysis, and flood mapping. The process of deriving accurate land cover maps is challenging and requires a certain level of skill and experience. Cloud cover and the heterogeneity of the area under consideration increase the challenge of classification, especially in tropical areas. Recently, a wide range of free digital data and open-source software have been developed and become easily accessible. Using these data and software will help overcome many of the obstacles related to data availability and analysis in the fields of environment and water resources. In this study, the construction of the land cover map of Kelantan State in Malaysia and the accuracy assessment were performed using open-source data, and software has been demonstrated. Open satellite maps and the QGIS software were used for analysis with an overall accuracy of 91.46. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2024. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2024 Article PeerReviewed Maqtan, Raidan and Othman, Faridah and Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan and Elshafie, Ahmed (2024) Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 386. pp. 453-467. ISSN 2366-2557, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33 <https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33>. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33 10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Maqtan, Raidan
Othman, Faridah
Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan
Elshafie, Ahmed
Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
description Land cover map preparation is essential for catchment management, hydrological analysis, and flood mapping. The process of deriving accurate land cover maps is challenging and requires a certain level of skill and experience. Cloud cover and the heterogeneity of the area under consideration increase the challenge of classification, especially in tropical areas. Recently, a wide range of free digital data and open-source software have been developed and become easily accessible. Using these data and software will help overcome many of the obstacles related to data availability and analysis in the fields of environment and water resources. In this study, the construction of the land cover map of Kelantan State in Malaysia and the accuracy assessment were performed using open-source data, and software has been demonstrated. Open satellite maps and the QGIS software were used for analysis with an overall accuracy of 91.46. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd 2024.
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author Maqtan, Raidan
Othman, Faridah
Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan
Elshafie, Ahmed
author_facet Maqtan, Raidan
Othman, Faridah
Jaafar, Wan Zurina Wan
Elshafie, Ahmed
author_sort Maqtan, Raidan
title Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
title_short Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
title_full Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
title_fullStr Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Land Cover Mapping Based on Open-Source Data and Software: Kelantan Area Case Study
title_sort land cover mapping based on open-source data and software: kelantan area case study
publisher Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
publishDate 2024
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/44905/
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6026-2_33
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