Assessment of Mining Extent and Expansion in Myanmar Based on Freely-Available Satellite Imagery

Assessment of Mining Extent and Expansion in Myanmar Based on Freely-Available Satellite Imagery

Using freely-available data and open-source software, we developed a remote sensing methodology to identify mining areas and assess recent mining expansion in Myanmar. Our country-wide analysis used Landsat 8 satellite data from a select number of mining areas to create a raster layer of potential m...

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Main Authors: Katherine J. LaJeunesse Connette, Grant Connette, Asja Bernd, Paing Phyo, Kyaw Htet Aung, Ye Lin Tun, Zaw Min Thein, Ned Horning, Peter Leimgruber, Melissa Songer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
mining
change detection
Myanmar
Landsat
Google Earth
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/11/912

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