Implementation of the CORINE Land Cover project in Serbia and Montenegro

Abstract

In order to bring Serbia and Montenegro to the same line of activities as the rest of the European countries in relation to assessing the land cover resources, European Commission decided to support implementation of the CORINE Land Cover (CLC) project for Serbia and Montenegro through CARDS regional program. Production of the database follows standard CORINE methodology - computer assisted visual interpretation of satellite imagery supported with ancillary data and knowledge- as well as defined nomenclature. When finished, CLC database is going be the first geospatial database with such thematic content that covers the whole territory of Serbia and Montenegro. The paper describes organization of the project and the database production process.

Da bi Srbija i Crna Gora dostigle nivo aktivnosti vezanih za procenu resursa zemljišnog pokrivača sa ostalim evropskim zemljama, Evropska Komisija je odlučila da kroz regionalni CARDS program podrži implementaciju CORINE Land Cover (CLC) projekta u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori. Izrada baze podataka prati standardnu CLC metodologiju - kompjuterski podržanu vizuelnu interpretaciju satelitskih snimaka i definisanu nomenklaturu. Kompletirana i verifikovana, CLC baza podataka će biti prva prostorna baza podataka na državnom nivou sa tim tematskim sadržajem. U radu je opisana organizacija projekta i proces izrade baze podataka.