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Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Landscape Dynamics in Shimoga, Tier II City, Karnataka State, India
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T.V. Ramachandra1,2,3,*                                 Bharath H. Aithal1,2
1 Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre 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 – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Urban dynamics was analysed using temporal remote sensing data of the period 1992 to 2010. The time series spatial data acquired from Landsat Series Thematic mapper (28.5m) sensors for the period 1992 to 2010 were downloaded from public domain (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data). Survey of India (SOI) toposheets of 1:50000 and 1:250000 scales were used to generate base layers of city boundary, etc. City map with ward boundaries were digitized from the city administration map.  Population data was collected from the Directorate of Census Operations, Bangalore region (http://censuskarnataka.gov.in).  Table1 lists the data used in the current analysis. Ground control points to register and geo-correct remote sensing data were collected using hand held pre-calibrated GPS (Global Positioning System), Survey of India toposheet and Google earth (http://earth.google.com, http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in).

Table I: Materials used in the analysis
DATA Year Purpose
Landsat Series Thematic mapper (28.5m) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper sensors 1992, 1999,
2005		 Landcover and Land use analysis
IRS LISS III (23.5m) 2010 Landcover and Land use analysis
Survey of India (SOI) toposheets of 1:50000 and 1:250000 scales   To Generate boundary and Base layer maps.
Field visit data –captured using GPS   For geo-correcting and generating validation dataset

 

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Citation : Ramachandra. T.V. and Bharath H. Aithal., 2012. Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Landscape Dynamics in Shimoga, Tier II City, Karnataka State, India, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering[IJETAE]. Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2012, pp. 563-576.
* Corresponding Author :
  Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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