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This study focused on a study area in Pistolet Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Canada, with an area of approximately 170 km2 and depths varying between 0 and \u221228 m. Considering the relatively large coverage and shallow depths of water of the study area, it was decided to use airborne bathymetric Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data, which used green laser pulses, to map the marine habitats in this region. Along with this LiDAR data, Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) footage, high-resolution multispectral drone imagery, true color Google Earth (GE) imagery, and shoreline survey data were also collected. These datasets were preprocessed and categorized into five classes of Eelgrass, Rockweed, Kelp, Other vegetation, and Non-Vegetation. A marine habitat map of the study area was generated using the features extracted from LiDAR data, such as intensity, depth, slope, and canopy height, using an object-based Random Forest (RF) algorithm. Despite multiple challenges, the resulting habitat map exhibited a commendable classification accuracy of 89%. This underscores the efficacy of the developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) model for future marine habitat mapping endeavors across the country.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16142654","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,22]],"date-time":"2024-07-22T12:20:38Z","timestamp":1721650838000},"page":"2654","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A Combination of Remote Sensing Datasets for Coastal Marine Habitat Mapping Using Random Forest Algorithm in Pistolet Bay, Canada"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sahel","family":"Mahdavi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., Ottawa, ON K2E 7L5, Canada"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9495-4010","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meisam","family":"Amani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., Ottawa, ON K2E 7L5, Canada"},{"name":"Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada"}]},{"given":"Saeid","family":"Parsian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., Ottawa, ON K2E 7L5, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Geography & Environment, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada"}]},{"given":"Candace","family":"MacDonald","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CBCL Limited, Halifax, NS B3J 2R7, Canada"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Teasdale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., St. John\u2019s, NL A1B 4C1, Canada"}]},{"given":"Justin","family":"So","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., St. John\u2019s, NL A1B 4C1, Canada"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7137-2651","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"WSP Canada Inc., Ottawa, ON K2E 7L5, Canada"}]},{"given":"Mardi","family":"Gullage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John\u2019s, NL A1C 5X1, Canada"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"576","DOI":"10.2112\/JCOASTRES-D-11-00197.1","article-title":"Remote sensing of coastal and ocean currents: An overview","volume":"28","author":"Klemas","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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