Utilization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology to Identify Land Cover in Kedai Damar Village, Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatera

Abstract

Remote sensing has been widely used in various fields, one of which is to provide information related to land cover classification Kedai Damar Village is one of 13 villages in the Tebing Tinggi sub-district, Serdang Bedagai Regency. The settlement of Kedai Damar is the one that is most remote from the headquarters of the high cliffs sub-district. This settlement is situated in the center of the PT.Perkebunan Nusantara-IV plantation region in Pabatu North Sumatera. As a result, several rural towns have opened shops providing food and other essentials to farmers and farmworkers in order to rely on PT. Perkebunan Nusantara-IV plantation. This research was conducted in the Kedai Damar Village administrative center area using unmanned aircraft technology and then visually interpretation of aerial photos and mapping administrative area land cover in the Kedai Damar Village administrative center area using processed data in the form of orthophoto from agisoft metashape software. Based on the results of the study, the Kedai Damar Village area has 5 types of land cover classifications that can be identified visually based on 9 elements of interpretation (hue, color, shape, size, texture, pattern, shadow, site and association) as well as ground checks or data collection and observations. In the field. there are 5 types of land cover that can be visually identified, including non-oil Palm, open land, factory Area, settlement, oil palm plantations.