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 Phase 3: Housing

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Land Use or Land Cover?

Few communities have the planning personnel and GIS resources to create and continually update land use maps. Remotely sensed data, however can give you a bird's eye view of changes in land cover and the extent of those changes between two time periods. Add spectral signatures and likely errors.