But the satellite gaze can be misleading. Trends can be asserted when in fact variation is central. Patches where important dynamics occur can be missed. This is why careful interpretation, as any GIS analyst will tell you, is key. When we first analysed our satellite images (see the first blog in this series), a set of graphs of changes in different land use types across the time periods were produced. These covered a whole site and were imposs…
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