Landscape classification using GIS and national digital databases
Landscape classification using GIS and national digital databases
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使用 GIS 和国家数字数据库进行景观分类
DOI:
10.1080/01426399608706493
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
L. Brabyn
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作者:
L. Brabyn
Abstract The classification of visual landscape character is needed in order for landscape researchers to have a frame of reference for communicating and comparing their research. Yet, classification is difficult because of the complex nature of landscapes and because it must be explicit. GIS and national digital databases can be used to classify the important characteristics of landscapes and this is illustrated on a transect of the South Island of New Zealand. An automated classification process that incorporates the combination and generalized nature of landscapes is described. An important analysis function that enables GIS to classify landscapes is the focal neighbourhood function. This, in effect, analyses the study area from thousands of different points and considers the neighbourhood surrounding each point. The validity of the resulting classification is assessed using a set of specific landscape classification criteria and more general classification criteria. Once a classification has been deve...