Improving pixel-based VHR land-cover classifications of urban areas with post-classification techniques

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1017-1027

  Van De Voorde, Tim ^a   De Genst, William ^a   Canters, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION CONTENT; POST-CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SHADOW PIXELS; THEMATIC ACCURACY;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

URBAN PLANNING;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; PIXEL; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EAST FLANDERS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GHENT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36649017897     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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