Object-oriented land cover classification of lidar-derived surfaces

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-172

  Brennan, R ^a   Webster, T L ^a  

^a NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COASTAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODETECTORS; DATA REDUCTION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEDIMENTS; SENSORS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; FORESTRY; MAPS; OPTICAL RADAR; VEGETATION; DATA ACQUISITION; REMOTE SENSING; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); ECHO INFORMATION; LIDAR DATA; LIGHT DETECTION; SPATIAL DATA; OBJECT-ORIENTED LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; TERRESTRIAL LIDAR SENSORS; OBJECT SEGMENTATION; ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; COLOR ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; COLOUR ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; CONIFEROUS TREES; NORMALIZED HEIGHT;

OPTICAL RADAR; OBJECT RECOGNITION; LAND USE;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPS; PLANTS; RADAR; SOFTWOODS;

DARK-ROOFED STRUCTURES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS; RULE-BASED CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 33746166986     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m06-015     Document Type: Article

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