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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-1263-2018</article-id>
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<article-title>IMPROVING LAND COVER MAPPING: A MOBILE APPLICATION BASED ON ESA SENTINEL 2 IMAGERY</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Melis</surname>
<given-names>M. T.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0970-1244</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dessì</surname>
<given-names>F.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-954X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Loddo</surname>
<given-names>P.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>La Mantia</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Da Pelo</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4069-4006</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Deflorio</surname>
<given-names>A. M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ghiglieri</surname>
<given-names>G.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-7733</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hailu</surname>
<given-names>B. T.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kalegele</surname>
<given-names>K.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mwasi</surname>
<given-names>B. N.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>TeleGIS Laboratory, Dept. of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari, via Trentino 51, 09127 Cagliari, Italy</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Planetek Italia SRL, via Massaua, 12 70132 Bari, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>School of Earth Sciences, University of Addis Ababa, College of Natural Sciences, P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Nelson Mandela African Istitution of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 447, Tangeru Campus, Arusha, Tanzania</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>School of Environmental Studies, University of Eldoret P.O Box 1125 – 30100, Eldoret, Kenya</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>XLII-3</volume>
<fpage>1263</fpage>
<lpage>1266</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2018 M. T. Melis et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2018</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>The increasing availability of satellite data is a real value for the enhancement of environmental knowledge and land management. Possibilities to integrate different source of geo-data are growing and methodologies to create thematic database are becoming very sophisticated. Moreover, the access to internet services and, in particular, to web mapping services is well developed and spread either between expert users than the citizens. Web map services, like Google Maps or Open Street Maps, give the access to updated optical imagery or topographic maps but information on land cover/use – are not still provided. Therefore, there are many failings in the general utilization –non-specialized users- and access to those maps. This issue is particularly felt where the digital (web) maps could form the basis for land use management as they are more economic and accessible than the paper maps. These conditions are well known in many African countries where, while the internet access is becoming open to all, the local map agencies and their products are not widespread.</p>
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