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Remote Sens. 2011, 3, 2243-2262; doi:10.3390/rs3102243 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Monitoring Urban Tree Cover Using Object-Based Image Analysis and Public Domain Remotely Sensed Data L. Monika Moskal 1,*, Diane M. Styers 2 and Meghan Halabisky 1 1 Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory, School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; E-Mail: halabisk@ 2 Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, College of Arts and Sciences, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA; E-Mail: dmstyers@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: lmmoskal@; Tel.: +1-206-221-6391; Fax: +1-206-685-0790. Received: 11 August 2011; in revised form: 14 October 2011 / Accepted: 14 October 2011 / Published: 21 October 2011 Abstract: Urban forest ecosystems provide a range of social and ecological services, but due to the heterogeneity of these canopies their spatial extent is difficult to quantify and monitor. Traditional per-pixel classification methods have been used to map urban canopies, however, such techniques are not generally appropriate for assessing these highly variable landscapes. Landsat imagery has historically been used for per-pixel driven land use/land cover (LULC) classifications, but the spatial resolution limits our ability to map small urban features. In such cases, hyperspatial resolution imagery such as aerial or satellite imagery wit