Mapping Priorities to Focus Cropland Mapping Activities: Fitness Assessment of Existing Global, Regional and National Cropland Maps

Mapping Priorities to Focus Cropland Mapping Activities: Fitness Assessment of Existing Global, Regional and National Cropland Maps

Timely and accurate information on the global cropland extent is critical for applications in the fields of food security, agricultural monitoring, water management, land-use change modeling and Earth system modeling. On the one hand, it gives detailed location information on where to analyze satell...

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Main Authors: François Waldner, Steffen Fritz, Antonio Di Gregorio, Pierre Defourny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
cropland
priority mapping
global
multi-criteria analysis
agriculture monitoring
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/6/7959

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