Land Use Mapping Geography

Research on lucc is essentially of multidisciplinary nature, attracting scientists from a range of fields, including but not limited to economics, sociology, geography, giscience (geographic information systems [gis] and remote sensing in particular. Although the terms land cover and land use are often used interchangeably, their actual meanings are quite distinct. We will select and export only the land parcels around our site.

Using os maps to identify settlement features identifying the land use zones of settlements. In urban areas (towns and cities) land use could be housing or industry. Public maps are automatically included in google maps search.

Download the “master plan 2014 planning area boundary”.

The terms land use and land cover are often used interchangeably, but each term has its own unique meaning. Geological survey (usgs) for the conterminous united states and hawaii, have been enhanced for use in geographic information systems (gis) applications. In the search bar at the top of the page type in winchester. Choose the “select features by radius”.