CONTENTS
Chapter - 1: Product Realisation Plan 1
1. Introduction 1
1.1 Background and scope of the project 1
1.2 User Request I User Communications 2
1.3 Relevance to the larger goal 3
1.4 Objectives 3
1.5 Classification system for 2nd cycle LULC mapping 3
1.6 Details of Study Area 3
1.7 Methodology 3
1.8 Quality Assurance Mechanism and Accuracy Standards 4
1.9 Geodatabase 4
1.10Deliverables 4
Chapter - 2: Land Use I Land Cover Classification System 5
2.1 Classification Scheme followed in 1st cycle of NRC - LULC mapping 5
2.2 Major international LULC classification system 5
2.3 Classification Schema for NRC - LULC 2nd cycle 6
2.4 features of LULC Cycle-2 classification system 6
2.5 Land u•se I Land Cover classes and its definitions 8
2.5.1 Built-Up Land 9
2.5.2 Agricultural Land 12
2.5.3 Forest 14
2.5.4 Grassland & Grazing Land 16
2.5.5 Wastelands 16
2.5.6 Wetland 19
2.5.7 Water Body 19
2.5.8 Snow, Shifting Cultivation & Rann 21
2.6 Mapping guidelines 22
Chapter - 3 Material and Methods 23
3.0 Material and Methods 23
3.1 Methodology 23
3.2 Computer 24
3.3 Input Data 24
3.3.1 Satellite Data 24
3.3.2 Ancillary data 24
3.3.3 Ground truth Data 24
3.3.4 Satellite data preparation 26
3.3.5 Image enhancements 26
3.3.6 Image Interpretation 27
3.3.7 LULC Data Preparation 27
3.4 LULC Change 29
3.5 Final output Generation 30
3.6 Instructions for Cycle-2 LULC Map On 1:50K 31
3.7 Accuracy Assessment 34
3.7.1 Thematic Accuracy 34
Chapter - 4 Quality Assurance Mechanism and Accuracy Standards 36
4.1 Quality Assurance Mechanism and Accuracy Standards 36
4.2 Input data 36
4.3 Image analysis and interpretation 36
4.4 Geo-data base creation 37
4.5 Internal Quality Control 37
4.6 External Quality Control 37
4.7 Output Products Including Metadata 38
4.8 GIS Database Standard 38
4.9 Project Execution 38
CHAPTER - 5 Database Organization and Management 39
5.1 National Spatial Framework (NSF) 39
5.2 Database Organization 39
5.2.1 Satellite Data -Raster 41
5.2.2 Thematic Data- Vector 42
5.3 Base Layers- Vector 42
5.4 Statistics 43
5.5 Ground truth data 43
5.6 Metadata creation 45
5.7 Preparation of Data for map product generation 48
Chapter – 6 Project Orientation Workshop 50
Bibliography 51
Annexures I-VIII 53