Infoterra, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, has launched LandBase, its new high definition land cover mapping product. LandBase combines the latest object based classification technology and digital aerial imagery to provide an unrivalled land cover product, allowing viewing down to 1:5000 scale/property level. This enables the extraction of meaningful land cover data for a range of applications including; environmental and habitat management, change detection, flood modelling and infrastructure planning.
Within LandBase, a specified spatial area can be displayed with an associated list of land cover classifications, such as buildings, trees, shrubs, artificial surfaces, inland water and bare ground. LandBase features two levels of land cover classification: level one, at a minimum mapping unit of 1 ha, distinguishes between aquatic, cultivated and built-up areas, and level two delivers a further ten classifications down to a specified 50m2 area.
Developed as a land cover framework solution for use within a GIS system, LandBase supports specific spatial queries such as ‘how much of the land in a given area is covered with artificial surfaces?’ or ‘covered with forest?’ Available as an off-the-shelf product, LandBase has been designed to enable the creation of custom solutions, such as, inclusion of further detailed classifications.
View some LandBase data online at www.infoterra.co.uk/data_landbase_examples.php