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How to calculate fraction or percentage of Vegetation or Forest Canopy Cover using LIDAR-based or Photogrammetric-based Point Clouds Data using ArcGIS Desktop. But don't worry, the methods I described in the video is easily reproduced using other GIS Software such as QGIS or SAGA, as long as those software support LIDAR Point Clouds reading and they have capabilities to perform raster based spatial analysis/raster calculator.

Vegetation cover data is one of the most important biophysical parameters that can be effectively and efficiently extracted from Remote Sensing Satellite Imagery. A wide range of vegetation cover extraction methods have been developed since years ago, ranging from indirect regression using NDVI data and field measurements, greenness index conversion, and many others. These methods can give vegetation cover information in raster format that can be used for many kinds of applications. For example, you can incorporate vegetation cover data as additional input for biomass estimation, soil erosion modeling, vegetation cover multitemporal analysis, et cetera.  Vegetation cover is best estimated using low to medium-resolution satellite imagery. On this one, these days we have so many options of satellite images, and most importantly, they are mostly free to use and free to download. LANDSAT, ALOS AVNIR, SPOT 5/6/7, SENTINEL-2, MODIS, ASTER just name a few of them. Specifically for LANDSAT...