Preliminary evaluation of eCognition object-based software for cut block delineation and feature extraction

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-452

  Flanders, David ^a   Hall Beyer, Mryka ^a   Pereverzoff, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

CUT BLOCK DELINEATION; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ECOGNITION;

INFRARED IMAGING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FORESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0142242343     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-006     Document Type: Article

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