In urban planning, a good diagnosis of the presence of vegetation serves as a basis to draw up a plan of action to implant green spaces and manage the existing tree cover. This study obtained the plant cover by Urban Areas Index (PCUAI) and by Greenery per Inhabitant Index (GII). Videography was compared to aerial photography of the same area in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil, by means of the General Exactness and Kappa Index obtained by SIG programs. The values obtained were: PCUAI = 18.41% (aerial photography) and 16.48% (videography); GII = 116.93m2/inhab (aerial photography) and 65.21 m2/inhab (videography). The PCUAI and GII showed that the studied area had a reasonable percentage of greenery. Videography was shown to be viable as an alternative means of obtaining plant cover data, especially sidewalk trees cover.
Urban forestry; Gis; Videography
