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<strong>CORINE</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> <strong>2006</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Continental</strong> <strong>Portugal</strong> 9<br />

Caetano et al., 2009<br />

Spring <strong>2006</strong> Summer <strong>2006</strong><br />

Figure 4 - Spring and summer satellite images of irrigated and non-irrigated arable areas.<br />

2.2.2 2.2.2 Ancillary Ancillary Ancillary data<br />

data<br />

In order to support and improve the visual interpretation of the landscape, additional data<br />

of <strong>Continental</strong> <strong>Portugal</strong> was provided to the photo-interpreters. Table 5 shows a<br />

compilation of the ancillary data used in this project.<br />

Table 5 – Summary of ancillary data characteristics.<br />

Data Reference year Owner Scale<br />

Orthorectified digital aerial<br />

imagery - national coverage<br />

Orthorectified analogue aerial<br />

imagery - national coverage<br />

<strong>Land</strong> <strong>Cover</strong> Map of <strong>Continental</strong><br />

<strong>Portugal</strong> <strong>for</strong> 1990 (COS’90)<br />

2004, 2005 and<br />

<strong>2006</strong><br />

MMU /<br />

Resolution (m)<br />

Format<br />

IGP/DGRF 1: 25 000 0,50 m Raster<br />

1995 IGP 1: 25 000 1m Raster<br />

1990 IGP 1: 25 000 1 ha Vector<br />

Yearly burned area maps 2000-<strong>2006</strong> DGRF 1: 100 000 5 ha Vector<br />

National Forest Inventory 1995<br />

(IFN1995)<br />

1995 DGRF --- 0,5 ha Vector<br />

Vineyard In<strong>for</strong>mation System 1930-2000 IVV --- --- Vector<br />

Official Administrative Map of<br />

<strong>Portugal</strong> (CAOP) 2008.1<br />

IVV – Institute of Wine and Vineyard; DGRF – General Directorate of Forests<br />

2008 IGP 1: 25 000 --- Vector<br />

The main ancillary data used by the photo-interpreters was the 2004/2005/<strong>2006</strong> national<br />

coverage of orthorectified digital aerial images. The characteristics of these ortho-images<br />

are summarized in Table 6 and the respective acquisition dates are shown in Figure 5.<br />

Figure 6 shows an example of the detail that can be achieved using these aerial images as<br />

ancillary in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> land use and land cover (LULC) mapping.

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