If I was going to analyze the distribution of Tree Canopy in Portland, I knew it would be necessary (or at least extremely uselful) to be able to quantify that distribution. So, after much struggling with ArcGIS’ Maximum Likelihood Classification tool, I managed to classify a raster image of Portland. This means that I am now able to determine, for any given area of Portland, how many pixels of my twelve-gigabyte raster are showing up as tree canopy. This is a proud moment in my analysis, and I see it leading to great things in the future.
