Mineral and Vegetation Surface Classification from Aerial Imagery in Québec

A matrix representation of surface materials derived from RVBI aerial photographs. The dataset identifies vegetated and mineralized areas to support land planning and management. It was published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Classifying land cover types based on the identification of vegetated and mineralized areas.
• Supporting territorial planning and management decisions based on surface material analysis.
• Training machine learning models for remote sensing image segmentation using the matrix representation of surface materials.

Strengths

• Data is provided in geospatial formats (GEOTIF, LYR) suitable for GIS analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last updated on April 22, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited and was translated via an automated tool, which may affect clarity.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Derived from RVBI aerial photographs.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:03:00.502530

Geography

Likely Québec, Canada, based on the organization.