Annual Crop Inventory 2012

In 2012, the Earth Observation Team of the Science and Technology Branch (STB) at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) repeated the process of generating annual crop inventory digital maps using satellite imagery to for all of Canada (except Newfoundland), in support of a national crop inventory. A Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was applied using optical (DMC, SPOT) and radar (RADARSAT-2) based satellite images, and having a final spatial resolution of 30m. In conjunction with satellite acquisitions, ground-truth information was provided by provincial crop insurance companies and point observations from our regional AAFC colleagues.

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 19:08 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 19:08 (UTC)
contact_email	agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada; Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada; direction générale des sciences et de la technologie,agri-geomatics-agrog@agr.gc.ca"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:32611,http://www.epsg.org,8.3.4
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2013-11-04 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["Crops", "Satellites", "Agriculture"], "fr": ["Cultures", "Satellite", "Agriculture"]}
open_canada_subject	["agriculture", "form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Inventaire annuel des cultures, 2012
update_frequency	not_planned