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MXR-CS-indra city 12/20 In 2009, the City Council of Madrid prioritized green area monitoring and change detection, recognizing that vegetation will help reduce the effect of the city's Urban Heat Island (UHI), the phenomenon that causes a city and its environment to be signifi cantly warmer than the surrounding countryside due to human activity. Indra was tasked with monitoring the city's Normalized Diff erence Vegetative Index (NDVI), a methodology used around the world to measure and monitor plant growth, vegetation cover and biomass production from multispectral imagery. Maxar's WorldView-2 was the ideal solution for the task. "The 8-band multispectral capabilities of WorldView-2 are ideal when it comes to mapping the density of green vegetation," says the General Director of Planning for the City of Madrid. "Its high-resolution imagery provides conclusive data to measure NDVI in a way that is viable and cost effective for the city." industries ■ Agriculture ■ Environmental Services ■ Government uses ■ Mapping ■ Cadastral ■ Urban Heat Management ■ Vegetation Mapping info@maxar.com maxar.com Green space monitoring a high priority An ongoing project WorldView-2's multispectral images derive both the NDVI on an ongoing basis and the Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC). These indices defi ne structural properties of the plant canopy that are relevant for a wide range of land biosphere applications, such as environmental management and land use. These are crucial measurements as cities strive to develop green space to improve quality of life and reduce the potential hazards of climate change and human activity. "Today, green area monitoring and change detection analysis are true mainstays in urban planning around the world. For the city of Madrid, WorldView-2 provides an ongoing and cost-eff ective methodology to measure those characteristics that are useful to both protecting existing green space and identifying new opportunities to become even greener. It is a solution that can easily be replicated in cities anywhere." - General Director of Planning, City of Madrid With ongoing monitoring and change detection analysis, Madrid's city leaders and planners now have the information to make informed decisions regarding the city's green space moving forward. Indra deployed WorldView-2 high-resolution multispectral imagery in 2009 and since has been successfully monitoring the crucial indices of urban vegetation for the City Council of Madrid. Develop an ongoing, cost-eff ective methodology for the city of Madrid to measure Normalized Diff erence Vegetative Index and Fractional Vegetation Cover, two key indices that help determine the health of a city's green space. Challenge Solution Results