An approach to reduce mapping errors in the production of landslide inventory maps

Santangelo, M.; Marchesini, I.; Bucci, F.; Cardinali, M.; Fiorucci, F.; Guzzetti, F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2111-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2111-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-2111-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

Research article

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22 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 22 Sep 2015

An approach to reduce mapping errors in the production of landslide inventory maps

M. Santangelo, I. Marchesini, F. Bucci, M. Cardinali, F. Fiorucci, and F. Guzzetti

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EC C1239: 'comments', Kang-tsung Chang, 15 Jul 2015
- AC C1248: 'reply to comment 3, C1239–C1240, 2015', Michele Santangelo, 15 Jul 2015
RC C1301: 'Comments', Peter Bobrowsky, 20 Jul 2015
RC C1425: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Aug 2015

Short summary

In this work, we present a new semi-automatic procedure to prepare landslide inventory maps that uses GIS applications and tools for the digitization of photo-interpreted data. Results show that the new semi-automatic procedure proves more efficient for the production of landslide inventories and results in the production of more accurate maps, compared to the manual procedure. The presented work has potential consequences for multiple applications of landslide studies.