System and method for managing geodemographic data

A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, for use with a computer and being capable of instructing the computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, via an image data receiving component a multiband image of a geographic region, the multiband image having pixels;
• generating, via a surface index generation component, a surface index graphically indicative of one or more surface covering of the geographic region based on an analysis of the pixels of the received multiband image;
• generating, via a classification component, a surface cover classification based on the surface index, wherein one or more of the pixels of the multiband image is classified by three or more statistical models, and assigned to one of a plurality of predetermined surface cover groups using a majority vote of classification for the pixel;
• receiving, via a segment data receiving component, segment data of the geographic region indicative of surface boundaries of the geographic region defining one or more segments of the geographic region;
• generating, via a zonal statistics component, a segment surface cover classification based on the surface cover classification of one or more of the pixels and the segment data indicative of the surface cover classification for one or more of the segments of the geographic region;
• receiving, via a feature data receiving component, feature data indicative of characteristics associated with the geographic region;
• generating, via a feature index generation component, a feature index based on the received feature data, wherein feature data within the geographic region are clustered by predetermined features and associated with the segment surface cover classification based on predetermined rules;
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• generating, via a segment feature index generation component, a searchable segment feature index, based on the feature index and the associated segment surface cover classification, indicative of feature data for the one or more segment within the geographic region;
• wherein the image data receiving component, the surface index generation component, the classification component, the segment data receiving component, the zonal statistics component, the feature data receiving component, the feature index generation component, and the segment feature index generation component comprise one or more of computer software and hardware.