Can-Peat Metadata Record
Title: Southern Digital Landcover - Saskatchewan
Citation: Government of Saskatchewan. (2019). Southern Digital Landcover. Saskatchewan GeoHub. https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/maps/saskatchewan::southern-digital-landcover/about
Study Site: Southern Saskatchewan
Purpose: Landcover dataset created for the agricultural portion of Saskatchewan.
Abstract: A satellite imagery classification of Southern Saskatchewan based mainly on 1994 Landsat5 imagery. Developed by the Saskatchewan Research Council after 1997. The digital files included not only raw imagery, but also one file for each map sheet where the imagery was classified into 24 landcover types. The accuracy of this classification was to be demonstrated by SRC to be at least 90 per cent correct.
Supplemental Information Summary: A group of Provincial and Federal Agencies formed a partnership in March of 1997 to share the cost of obtaining satellite imagery and interpreting this imagery to create a landcover dataset for the agricultural portion of Saskatchewan. The partnership included Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food (SAF), Saskatchewan Crop Insurance (SCI), Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation (SPMC), Environment Canada, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) and Saskatchewan Environment Resource Management (SERM). The University of Regina was also involved as an 'in kind' partner providing research services in the area of land cover classifications, accuracy assessment and data conversions. The Partnership Agreement required SRC (partner doing the bulk of data processing) to provide digital files for each of 328 1:50,000 NTS map sheets.
Research: Saskatchewan Research Council
Further Info:
Status: Complete
Keywords:
mapping,
land-use,
agriculture,
Geographical coordinates: North: 53.77, South: 48.84 East: -101.01 West: -110.76
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