The canopy is defined by the projection on the ground of the tops (crown) of trees (including leaves, branches, and trunks), which is visible from the sky. Any vegetation with a height greater than 2 m was taken into account. The mapping of the canopy was carried out using deep learning methods, based on variables (resolution of 1 m) calculated from raw airborne lidar data from 2010 to 2020. It covers the six census metropolitan areas (CMAs) of Quebec: Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. For more details on the creation of the map as well as the benefits, limitations, and potential uses, consult the * [Technote] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/canopee-des-six-rmr-du-quebec/resource/3d6ed9d1-5760-43f8-95ed-b391b98a30bd) * (simplified version) and/or the * [methodological report] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/canopee-des-six-rmr-du-quebec/resource/09155478-3b52-4865-bda4-3ad4189fe0a5) * (full version). The production of these data was coordinated by the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) and carried out by the forest remote sensing laboratory of the Sainte-Foy Forestry Education and Research Center (CERFO). NOTE: The canopy height per pixel is available in the raster files that you can download (see the data download guide in the “Documentation” section).This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).
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Data and Resources
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Download links per sheet 1/20,000CSVFrench dataset CSV
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Mapping the canopy of the Gatineau CMA in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Mapping the canopy of the Montreal CMA in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Mapping the canopy of the CMA of Quebec in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Mapping the canopy of the Saguenay CMA in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Mapping the canopy of the Sherbrooke CMA in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Mapping the canopy of the Trois-Rivières CMA in vector formatFGDB/GDBFrench dataset FGDB/GDB
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Gatineau CMA CanopyHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Canopy of the Montreal RMRHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Canopy of the CMA of QuebecHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Canopy of the Saguenay RMRHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Canopy of the Sherbrooke CMAHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Canopy of the Trois-Rivières RMRHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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INSPQ website, Urban Canopy MappingHTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca)HTMLFrench dataset HTML
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Methodological reportPDFFrench guide PDF
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Canopy of the six CMRs of Quebec 2022 - Description of variablesPDFFrench guide PDF
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User Guide — Data DownloadPDFFrench guide PDF
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Download links per sheet 1/20,000SHPFrench dataset SHP
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Production metadataSHPFrench dataset SHP
Contact Information
Electronic Mail Address: geomatique@inspq.qc.ca