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Empirical patterns of the influence of Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data on Landscape Metrics |
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Bharath H. Aithal 1,2 Bharath Settur 1 Durgappa Sanna D.2 Ramachandra T V 1,2,3,*
1 Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES],
2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra),
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP],
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in
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Study area
The influence of spatial resolution in assessing the landscape dynamics through spatial metrics has been done considering multi-resolution remote sensing data for the sample space - northern region of Greater Bangalore. Greater Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka, India and the hub of administrative, cultural, commercial, industrial, and knowledge activities. The spatial extent of Greater Bangalore is about 741 sq. km. and lies between the latitudes 12°39’00’’ to 13°13’00’’ N and longitude 77°22’00’’ to 77°52’00’’ E. It is the fifth largest metropolis in India currently with a population of about 8 million [30, 31]. The Sample space chosen for the study lies in the northern part of Greater Bangalore with representative fractions of all land use types. Bangalore has witnessed rapid urbanization during 1990-2010 which has brought on fundamental land use change. The conversions between urban land, vegetation and water were the major change types in the region.
Fig. 1. Study Area: Greater Bangalore
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Citation : Bharath H. Aithal, Bharath Settur, Durgappa Sanna D., and Ramachandra. T.V., 2012. Empirical patterns of the influence of Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data on Landscape Metrics., International Journal
of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA), Vol. 2, Issue 3, May-Jun 2012, pp.767-775.
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