Deforestation in Central America and Mexico (2)
Project overview
This project aims to detect forest loss in Central America and Mexico. You will be comparing an older set of Bing satellite imagery against newer Maxar imagery to look for evidence of forest loss. This will help generating a detailed map of the extent and severity of forest loss in recent years. It is important to gather this information because there is a strong relationship between forest loss and negative environmental impacts and climate change. It should also enable us to identify the causes of forest loss, which will assist in any collaborations with local organisations to plan actions. This is part of the wider OpenCities program, which aims to shed light on the relationship between local communities and nearby forests. Este proyecto tiene como objetivo detectar la pérdida de bosques en América Central y México. Compararás un conjunto de imágenes satelitales de Bing más antiguas, con imágenes Maxar más recientes, para buscar evidencia de la pérdida de bosques. Esto permitirá generar un mapa detallado de la extensión y gravedad de la pérdida de bosques en los últimos años. Es importante reunir esta información porque existe una fuerte relación entre la pérdida de bosques y los impactos ambientales negativos y el cambio climático. También debería permitirnos identificar las causas de la pérdida de bosques, lo que ayudará en cualquier colaboración con organizaciones locales para plantear acciones. Esto forma parte del programa más amplio OpenCities, que pretende arrojar luz sobre la relación entre las comunidades locales y los bosques cercanos.
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This project is part of the OpenStreetMap community. The goal is high-quality geographical data, freely accessible and available to everyone. OSM’s reciprocal license protects the data from being appropriated by services that do not share back to OSM.
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