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7. CONCLUSIONS
This study concludes that the QuickBird imagery can be used to
produce an accurate base map of excellent visual quality
capable of being displayed even at 1:2000 scale. The use of a
high resolution satellite image when integrated with GIS
mapping capabilities can produce an accurate map of informal
settlements. The estimation of the number of residents in
informal settlements is possible for slum areas but not in semi-
formal areas. Likewise, population of informal settlement
communities can be estimated from a high resolution satellite
image rising first order equation from a regression analysis of
sufficient number of field samples. This may help alleviate the
difficulty of gathering field demographic data in the future.
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