Geography

Use IDL Programming To Detect Surface Changes

1) develop a algorithm that detects land surface change

2) provide estimates of the total surface area where land cover change has been detected by your algorithm over all years (1992-2010) and the change that occurs between each year (i.e. the rate of change).

3) produce a map highlighting the areas that have changed and in which year that change occurred. The map must be of publication quality.