.. _introduction:

*********************
Introduction
*********************

.. |br| raw:: html

	<br />

.. |fromGIStoRS| image:: _static/fromGIStoRS.png
	:width: 40pt

Developed by Luca Congedo (ing.congedoluca@gmail.com),
the **Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin** (:guilabel:`SCP`) is a free open
source plugin for `QGIS <http://www.qgis.org>`_ that allows for the
semi-automatic classification (also known as supervised classification) of
remote sensing images.
It provides several tools for the download of free images, the preprocessing,
the postprocessing, and the raster calculation.

The **overall objective** of :guilabel:`SCP` is to provide a set of
intertwined tools for raster processing in order to make an automatic workflow
and ease the land cover classification, which could be performed also by people
whose main field is not remote sensing.

:guilabel:`SCP` exploits the parallel processing of the tools provided by
`Remotior Sensus <https://remotior-sensus.readthedocs.io/en/latest>`_,
a Python package that allows for the processing of remote sensing images and
GIS data.

This **user manual** provides information about the :ref:`installation` of SPC
and the :ref:`interface`, with detailed information about all the functions.
In addition, the :ref:`remote_sensing` illustrates the basic concepts and
definitions which are required for using the :guilabel:`SCP`.

For more information and tutorials visit the official site

	|fromGIStoRS| `From GIS to Remote Sensing <https://fromgistors.blogspot.com>`_

|br| 

**How to cite:**

Congedo, Luca, (2021). Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin:
A Python tool for the download and processing of remote sensing images in QGIS.
Journal of Open Source Software, 6(64), 3172,
https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03172

|br|

**Brief history:**

The first version of the :guilabel:`SCP` was developed by Luca Congedo in 2012
for the "ACC Dar Project" in order to create a tool for the classification of
land cover in an affordable and automatic fashion; following versions of
:guilabel:`SCP` were developed as personal commitment to the remote sensing
field and open source philosophy.
:guilabel:`SCP` version 6 was developed in the frame of Luca Congedo's PhD in
Landscape and Environment at Sapienza University of Rome.
:guilabel:`SCP` version 7, version 8 and version 9 as personal commitment to
the remote sensing field and open source philosophy.

|br|

**License:**

Except where otherwise noted, content of this work is licensed under
a
`Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>`_.

``Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin is free software: you can redistribute
it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin is distributed in the hope that it will
be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received
a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Semi-Automatic
Classification Plugin. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.``

|br|

**Translators:**

Language: Author name

|br|