first examples of European Urban Atlas datasets, produced by SIRS

1. URBAN ATLAS PRODUCTION
First results
Dr Christophe Sannier
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2. Consortium
• SIRS : main contractor
– Management of the project
– Interfaces with the EC
– Centralisation of the production
• IGN FI :
– Regional experts
– Accuracy assessment
• EUROTOPO
– Pre processing and geometric adaptation of off
the shelf navigation data
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3. A production team
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4. Urban Atlas production
• SPOT 5 + ALOS Images
• Off the shelf navigation data
• FTS Soil sealing layer
• Ancillary data
>>>> 1/10 000 land use / cover maps for 305
LUZ (185 in 2009)
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5. Methodology
• 0.25 ha in urban and 1ha in rural areas MMU
• 21 class classification scheme
• Processing of navigation data:
– Spatial adjustments
– Processing according to GSE Land mapping guide
• Adoption of a hybrid automated/visual interpretation
classification procedure
– Automatic labelling of polygons
– Visual interpretation/verification
• Automatic integration of soil sealing layer to characterise
urban fabric classes
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6. UA Classification Scheme
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7. URBAN ATLAS:
FIRST LUZs,
FIRST ATLAS
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8. Capital cities (1)
Population: 1.8M Population: 3.5M
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9. Capital cities (2)
Population: 2.4M
Population: 1.8M Population: 1.4M
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10. Urban areas, industry & services
Population: 0.6M
Population: 3.1M
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11. 2 LUZ in Germany
Population: 0.3M Population: 1.9M
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12. Urban areas and woodland
Population: 0.4M Population: 0.4M
Population: 0.1M
Population: 0.3M
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13. Population: 1.2M North Sea Harbours
Population: 0.9M
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14. Harbour on a river
Population: 0.5M
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15. Mediterranean Harbours
Population: 4.2M Population: 0.2M
Population: 0.2M
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16. Comparison Urban Atlas and CLC2000 for artificial areas
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17. Comparison Urban Atlas and CLC2000 for agricultural areas
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18. Comparison Urban Atlas and CLC2000 for forest areas
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19. Comparison Urban Atlas and CLC2000 for water bodies
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20. Thank you
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