Digital Classification in Orbital Images

This book is a chapter of the author's PhD thesis in Environmental and Forestry Sciences at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) entitled Digital mapping of land use and land cover in a biodiversity hotspot (Atlantic Forest) in the Capivari River basin which she dedicates to readers interested in Digital Mapping in Remote Sensing using vegetation indices and supervised algorithms. Remote sensing data provides information for modeling analyzing changes making decisions planning phenomena and conserving biodiversity associated with land use and occupation in various biomes in Brazil.