The use of step-wise density slicing in classifying high-resolution panchromatic photographs

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 4923-4942

  Hamandawana, H ^a   Eckardt, F ^b   Ringrose, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REMOTE SENSING;

HIGH-RESOLUTION PANCHROMATIC IMAGES; HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; PANCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHS;

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33751573280     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600857436     Document Type: Article

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