Adana: land change, 2016–2025
Two Sentinel-2 satellite images of a 20 km square around Adana, from 2016-07-25 and 2025-07-23, were classified by a ResNet18 model trained on EuroSAT. Every 640 m cell is put in one of four land-cover groups, and the two dates are compared cell by cell.
- Before
- 2016-07-25
- After
- 2025-07-23
- Area analysed
- 393 km²
Change
-5.7 km²net change in built-up area
In cells the model is sure of on both dates (confidence ≥ 0.8): 7 km² became built-up, 22.1 km² changed in total.
The model is undecided on this scene; treat the results with caution.
Land cover on both dates
| 2016 | 2025 | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture increased | 27.9% | 32.4% | +4.5 |
| Natural vegetation decreased | 14.6% | 11.9% | -2.7 |
| Built-up decreased | 49.1% | 47.6% | -1.5 |
| Water no notable change | 8.4% | 8.1% | -0.3 |
Largest transitions (confident cells)
- Built-up → Agriculture4.5 km²
- Natural vegetation → Agriculture4.1 km²
- Agriculture → Built-up4.1 km²
- Built-up → Natural vegetation2.9 km²
- Natural vegetation → Built-up2.9 km²
Limits
- Every value shown is a model estimate, not a measurement.
- Areas are not measurements but approximations counted from cells. The figures are always computed on 640 m cells; the scale only changes how the map is drawn.
- The model was trained on European images; results outside Europe are less reliable.
- Clouds, shadows and seasonal differences can show change that is not there.