This investigation attempted to use fine spatial scale Quickbird imagery and digitised aerial photography to indicate the location of pine wildlings within a selection of vegetation communities.
Radiata pines (Pinus radiata) were introduced into South Australia and Victorian in latter part of the 1800s. The second half of the 1900s saw large-scale plantation development. Breeding for faster growth and greater volume also occurred in this period.
The primary aim of the projec t is to develop an automated remote sensing system to identify large pine wildlings in remnant vegetation, using satellite imagery. As such it is a preliminary study of a new application of automated remote sensing.
