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The use of Multispectral Spot Data in Land Cover Mapping in the Tin Minning Region of Jos Plateau, Nigeriahttp://dspace.unijos.edu.ng/handle/10485/5042010-04-30T09:57:01Z2010-04-30T09:57:01Z2000-06Dung, J. E.Tukur, A. L.This paper examines and highlights the procedures in the use of multispectral SPOT data as an efficient and accurate means of land use/cover classification and mapping. The basic steps such as ground truthing, digitizing, transformlng, data conversion, image rectification and classification were focused on. The Tin Minning Region of the Jos Plateau was chosen to demonstrate these. SPOT XS data of 1992 was classified into eight landuse /cover types using a supervised maximum likelihood classification (MLC) method. A combination of raster-based image processing and vector-based geographical information system (GIS) mapping were used and found to be effective for understanding both spatial and spectral landuse/ cover classes. Thus, the SPOT XS data proved useful for mapping landuse/ cover classes in a dominantly rugged terrain like the Jos Plateau.Multispectral Spot DataenFaculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Jos, NigeriaVolume 4;Number 1Article1118-8936http://dspace.unijos.edu.ng/oai/requestoai:dspace.unijos.edu.ng:10485/5042010-05-01T09:01:29Zhttp://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/