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The
KLS project will provide an updated, statewide land cover map, a forest
cover type map, and a high-resolution land use map for many urban areas.
The resulting datasets will be very useful to decision
makers and land planners. The aim of the project is to develop a digital
snapshot of the Commonwealth's natural and man-made landscape as it
is now, and compare it to how it was used or will be used in another
time period. Knowing how the landscape is changing is an important factor
when deciding how to make sound land management decisions.
As part of the project, tools will be developed to assist local, state, and federal decision makers in making future land use decisions. Training and tools will be provided to Commonwealth personnel to utilize, maintain, and expand the technology and data using satellite snapshots. Future applications of these will include, for example; helping landowners assess their needs for best management practices; detecting changes in land use and land cover. The
project will be accomplished through the use of multiple dates of Landsat
7 satellite data, many ancillary data sets, and high-resolution, multi-spectral
data for the urban areas. The grant will be conducted over a three-year
period, which started in January 2002. The initial data product - a
2002 land cover map - should be available sometime in the spring of
2003.
There
is a Web site with information about the KLS project. It Includes the
NASA research announcement as well as the proposal that the team submitted:
http://kls.state.ky.us. To find
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