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Mask Tree Canopies

Mask and isolate tree canopies so extents can be colored as vegetation: use color-range selection to grab canopy tones…

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AExecute — “help me do it”Mask and isolate tree canopies so extents can be colored as vegetation: use color-range…+
Mask and isolate tree canopies so extents can be colored as vegetation: use color-range selection to grab canopy tones, refine edges with the hair/edge refinement to keep fine branch outlines, and save as a Vegetation mask layer.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”To reduce back-and-forth with the ecology team, expand selection tolerance around mixed canopy…+
To reduce back-and-forth with the ecology team, expand selection tolerance around mixed canopy tones, refine edge detection to avoid including shadows or underlying structures, and attach a short map note showing where the mask likely over/under-extends for field verification.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Mask and isolate tree canopies so their extents can be colored as a vegetation class.

Who does this

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Cartographer / GIS Mapper

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