Mapping land cover from detailed aerial photography data using textural and neural network analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1625-1642

  Cots Folch, R ^a   Aitkenhead, M J ^b   Martinez Casasnovas J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; LAND USE; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LAND COVER; PHOTO-INTERPRETATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARTOGRAPHY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; LAND COVER; LAND TYPE; LAND USE; MAPPING;

EID: 34147106884     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600887722     Document Type: Article

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