Data Set 5: Appomattox, VA
Map information: UTM WGS-84 Zone 17N
WRS-2 Path/Row: 16/34.
Image name
Appomattox_19940408.img
Appomattox_20110407.img
Acquisition date
1984/04/08
2011/04/07
Sensor
TM5
TM5
Size
14 MB
14 MB
Description:
Appomattox County is located near the geographic center of Virginia (Fig.1) and within the
Piedmont region. The last battle of the American Civil War was ended in the town of
Appomattox. These two Landsat 5 TM images include the town of Appomattox, AppomattoxBuckingham State Forest, and Horsepen State Wildflife Management Area (Fig. 2). Counties
involved in this area are Appomattox, Buckingham, and Prince Edward. To get familiar with this
area, please search Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest in Google Map/Google Earth.
Locating the Holiday Lake will help you find the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest in the
images easily.
Figure 1. Geographic location of Appomattox County, VA
In the 1930s, much of today’s forest was open farmland. Because much of this land had become
unproductive and highly eroded, the federal government purchased the land and turns it into
today’s forest (http://www.dof.virginia.gov/stforest/resources/pub-ABSF-Brochure.pdf). This
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forest is managed sustainably to produce timber and served as sites for applied research in
forestry.
Figure 2. Google map showing the location of the images.
Suggested Classes for Classification:
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Water
Deciduous forest
Conifer forest
Agriculture
Urban
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False color (4-3-2) TM images (Left: 1984; Right: 2011)
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