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Annual crop inventory, 2009. |
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Annual crop inventory, 2009. |
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In 2009, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) began the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery. Focusing on the Prairie Provinces, a Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was applied using both optical (AWiFS, Landsat-5) and radar (RADARSAT-2) based satellite imagery, and having a final spatial resolution of 56m. Methods were also developed to enhance the optical classification with RADARSAT-2 imagery, addressing issues associated with cloud cover. In conjunction with satellite acquisitions, ground-truth information was provided by provincial crop insurance companies and point observations from our regional AAFC colleagues. The overall process for Crop Inventory Map includes: satellite data acquisition; field data acquisition for classification training and accuracy assessment; and, operational implementation of the classification methodology. The initial methodology was developed in partnership with AAFC Research Branch, and supported in part by the Canadian Space Agency. The long-term objective of this endeavour is to expand from the Prairies and produce an annual crop inventory of the entire agricultural extent of Canada. For more information, visit: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/ce7873ff-fbc0-4864-946e-6a1b4d739154 |
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© Government of Canada (2025). Data are subject to the Government of Canada Open Data Licence Agreement: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada. The terms of this Agreement govern your use and reproduction of the data instead of the copyright reproduction statements found in Important Notices on the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website. |
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Annual crop inventory, 2009 |
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Image Service |
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https://agriculture.canada.ca/imagery-images/annual_crop_inventory/2009/ImageServer |
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["Remote Sensing","Satellites","Agriculture","Crops","Crop insurance","Farmlands","Forage crops","Land cover","Geomatics","Geographic Information Systems","Geographic data","Maps","Geography"] |
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2009 |
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