<p>I am using GIS to undertake a small research on the loss of natural habitat in north England. I will be using Supervised Classification where I train the system on a few examples, e.g.</p>

<ul>
<li>shallow water</li>
<li>deep water</li>
<li>forest</li>
<li>built area
then based on a satellite image the software will create a map with these categories throughout.
There is no detailed research question but I would like to have something a bit more detailed than just built environment, vegetation and water. On the other hand there is no need for tens of categories.</li>
</ul>

<p>What categories should I use for this analysis and why?</p>

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2016-12-24T16:34:18.493Z
Which research did you do on your own on this topic?
daniel.heydebreck
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2016-12-26T14:12:57.957Z
hi @daniel.neumann I'm only starting the research and the classification is the main bit of it so there are no results yet. I tired three categories but as I mentioned I think it's too broad. What do you recommend?
Rudolf O
<homework><ecology><gis>
Categories for supervised classification, wildlife analysis
Rudolf O
# Categories for supervised classification, wildlife analysis

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-23)

I am using GIS to undertake a small research on the loss of natural habitat in north England. I will be using Supervised Classification where I train the system on a few examples, e.g.

* shallow water
* deep water
* forest
* built area
  then based on a satellite image the software will create a map with these categories throughout.
  There is no detailed research question but I would like to have something a bit more detailed than just built environment, vegetation and water. On the other hand there is no need for tens of categories.

What categories should I use for this analysis and why?

**Tags:** homework, ecology, gis

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Which research did you do on your own on this topic?  
> **username_0**: hi @daniel.neumann I'm only starting the research and the classification is the main bit of it so there are no results yet. I tired three categories but as I mentioned I think it's too broad. What do you recommend?  

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