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Digital and Geographical Feature Detection by Machine Learning Techniques Using Google Earth Engine for CPEC Traffic Management

Table 1

Biyearly differences in water, vegetation, and urban areas with its consecutive year.

ClassifierBiyearly difference (year 1–year 2)Area (KM)2
WaterVegetationUrban

SVM2013-2014-23,760.09-10,935.4134,695.50
2014-2015-2,056.47-17,522.7819,579.24
2015-201615,504.9924,847.01-40,351.99
2016-20173,960.95-1,297.32-2,663.64
2017-2018-16,245.2724,239.77-7,994.50
2018-2019-2,412.10-23,344.0425,756.13
2019-202022,644.64-35,654.6813,010.04
2020-2021-31,118.5397,317.19-66,198.65

CART2013-20146,307.90-8,836.352,528.45
2014-201520,306.58-18,234.71-2,071.88
2015-2016-9,347.4910,103.24-755.74
2016-2017-13,328.1311,438.081,890.05
2017-20181,872.4811,165.00-13,037.48
2018-201910,055.88-20,503.3810,447.51
2019-2020-7,094.91-7,064.6914,159.59
2020-2021-14,266.0146,175.12-31,909.11

RF2013-201413,088.99-14,039.76950.77
2014-201514,528.61-12,383.93-2,144.68
2015-2016-20,342.9618,263.192,079.77
2016-20171,965.171,868.30-3,833.47
2017-2018-26,336.4029,401.03-3,064.64
2018-201924,048.19-27,710.513,662.32
2019-202029,732.99-35,058.665,325.68
2020-2021-76,089.0389,523.10-13,434.08