Changes in Forest Cover in the southern part of the Mountain Dumps, Olancho, using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

Abstract

The Botadero Mountain National Park is located in the departments of Olancho, Colon and Yoro, in the area known as the name, Mountain Dumps, this area is very interesting because within it there are species of flora and fauna of great importance for biodiversity.

The following article shows the results of a thirteen-year period, a small area in the southern part of the buffer zone, approximately 120,043.44 Ha, the forest cover change, and for that we have used Landsat satellite images corresponding to the type 1998 and 2011, using specialized programs in visual and digital image analysis, which help us to know the different classifications of forest cover using Unsupervised Classification Combination, added to this specialized support systems program geographic information processing where maps showing changes in the southern part of the buffer zone of the Mountain Dumps in Olancho were developed.

Revista Ciencias Espaciales, Vol.4(1) 2011, 62-74