Alberta Land Use Project Class 
CLI Class 
B - built-up 
extraction. 
B - built-up 
E - extraction 
0 - recreation 
A - improved cropland 
improved pasture. 
A - cropland 
P - improved pasture 
G - orchards, vineyards 
H - horticultural 
K - rough grazing, rangeland 
abandoned land 
K - rough grazing,rangeland 
abandoned cropland 
M - wetland 
M - wetland 
T - woodland 
T - productive woodland 
U - unproductive woodland 
U - clearcuts, unknown 
U - unproductive woodland 
(in part) 
S - sand 
S - sand 
X - water 
X, Z - water 
Table 1. Land use/land cover mapping classes used for Alberta 
land use change project and CLI equivalent classes. 
WINTER 
SUMMER 
CLASS 
1 
WHITE, smooth textured 
la 
BLACK or BLUE, irregular 
X 
possibly with some grey 
rounded or linear shape 
lb 
MULTICOLOURED patchwork 
A 
pattern 
2 
GREY, possibly medium 
2a 
Predominantly BLUE, 
B 
or coarse grained if 
coarse textured regular 
black and white are 
present. 
grid pattern 
2b 
Medium to coarse 
K 
textured GREEN or BROWN 
in an irregular pattern 
2c 
Smooth textured, 
M 
concentric arrangement 
of BLACK, and BLUE-GREEN 
3 
Fine grained BLACK, 
3a 
Uniform or irregular 
T 
medium or coarse 
arrangement of dark 
if grey and white 
present 
BROWN or GREEN 
Table 2. Summary of classification key for major land uses as 
identified from winter and summer (boreal enhancement) 
Thematic Mapper imagery 
ZONE 
AREA (km2) 
AREA CHANGE (km2) 
# CHANGE POLYGONS 
Peace 
River 
45 102 
9 803 
14 720 
Central 
54 529 
6 159 
12 118 
Foothills 
15 166 
1 401 
3 691 
TOTAL 
114 797 
17 363 
46 231 
. Preliminary Statistics by Zone for Alberta Land Use 
Change Mapping Project. 
360 
Table 3