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Figure 20: Green colour band for pasture test 1<br />

In the above sample, the values for both shade and pasture are evident in spikes in<br />

the pixel count.<br />

The second sample gave a clearer representation of the area type with a relatively<br />

monochrome sample taken from the south east of the imagery:<br />

Figure 21: Aerial view of pasture test 2<br />

The relatively low level of shade and lack of exposed earth allows the algorithm to<br />

classify the area as pasture, based on the values from both the red and green<br />

colour bands:<br />

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