Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin

The Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin (SCP) for QGIS allows for the supervised classification of remote sensing images, providing tools for the downloading, preprocessing, and postprocessing of satellite images (https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/SemiAutomaticClassificationPlugin/). It is an amazingly powerful tool that significantly extends Remote Sensing functionality into QGIS.

In this example, we will use the SCP to download a Sentinel-2 image that covers the part of Alaska that we digitized: Fire Island. At this point, please make sure you have an account with the Copernicus Open Data Hub. You can do this at: https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/self-registration.

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