Reunion island - 2018, Land cover map (Pleiades) - 0.5m

CIRAD's TETIS research unit is developing an automated mapping method based on the Moringa chain that minimizes interactions with users by automating most image analysis and processing. The methodology uses jointly a Very High Spatial Resolution image (Spot6/7 or Pleiades) and one or more time series of High Spatial Resolution optical images such as Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 for a classification combining segmentation and object classification (use of the Random Forest algorithm) driven by a learning database constituted from in situ collection and photo-interpretation. The land use maps are produced as part of the GABIR project (Gestion Agricole des Biomasses à l'échelle de l'Ile de la Réunion) and are downloadable below or on CIRAD's spatial data catalogue in Réunion: http://aware.cirad.fr/ This Dataverse entry concerns the maps produced, for the year 2018, using a mosaic of Pleiades images to calculate segmentation (extraction of homogeneous objects from the image). We use a field database with a nested nomenclature with 3 levels of accuracy allowing us to produce a classification by level. The most detailed level 3 distinguishing crop types has an overall accuracy of 87% and a Kappa index of 0.85. Level 2, distinguishing crop groups, has an overall accuracy of 92% and a Kappa index of 0.90. Level 1, distinguishing major land use groups, has an overall accuracy of 97% and a Kappa index of 0.95. A detailed sheet presenting the validation method and results is available for download.