UPDATED LAND COVER MAPPING Rational Updated land cover data is fundamental for risk assessment and modelling of fire spread Image Classification Change detection methods for near-real time map updating Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence Objectives Production of a land cover map in raster format – COSsim (Simplified COS): Map based on the national vector map COS, but with a simpler nomenclature (9) Map updated at the beginning of the fire season and updated with cut and burnt areas Automatically produced from multi-temporal and multi-spectral Sentinel-2 data