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Original EOSD Classes<br />

Shadow<br />

Water<br />

Snow/Ice<br />

Rock/Rubble<br />

Exposed L<strong>and</strong><br />

Bryoids<br />

Shrub Tall<br />

Shrub Low<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong> – Treed<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong> – Shrub<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong> – Herb<br />

Herb<br />

Coniferous Dense<br />

Coniferous Open<br />

Coniferous Sparse<br />

Broadleaf Dense<br />

Broadleaf Open<br />

Broadleaf Sparse<br />

Mixed Wood Dense<br />

Mixed Wood Open<br />

Mixed Wood Sparse<br />

Aggregated Classes<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Non-Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Forest<br />

Table 3-6. Original (left) <strong>and</strong> aggregated (right) classes used to identify<br />

forest loss between 2000 <strong>and</strong> the dates of image classification.<br />

It should be noted that the EOSD data lacks a l<strong>and</strong> cover class representing impervious<br />

surfaces or related l<strong>and</strong> use categories such as residential, commercial/industrial, or urban.<br />

Therefore, two types of deforestation were classified; areas that were forested in the 2000<br />

EOSD which are now classified as developed (called “Deforested – Developed”) <strong>and</strong> areas that<br />

were forested in the 2000 EOSD which are currently classified as field/pasture, open space, or<br />

barren (called “Deforested – Other”). The EOSD water class was evaluated for the possibility of<br />

measuring change in water area. However, due to the highly variable nature of water depth,<br />

inconsistencies between image dates, <strong>and</strong> coarse resolution of the EOSD data, change<br />

detection for water area was not conducted.<br />

3.3.3.4 Manual Corrections<br />

Primary edits required to improve consistency across l<strong>and</strong> cover mosaics involved manual<br />

corrections to areas covered by shadows, clouds, <strong>and</strong> ice, <strong>and</strong> along image seamlines due to<br />

TA1112733<br />

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