Abstract:Landsat imagery is a valuable source of information about the land use and land cover of inaccessible areas. In this study, the objective was to compile a map of eastern China, with particular emphasis on agricultural activity, from enhanced Landsat imagery using the diazo and density slicing techniques. Area measurement of major land uses was based on the land‐use interpretation map, but because of the lack of ground verification it was necessary to turn to other sources of published and unpublished informati… Show more
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