Development of an object-oriented classification model using very high resolution satellite imagery for monitoring diamond mining activity

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 499-512

  Pagot, E ^a   Pesaresi, M ^a   Buda, D ^a   Ehrlich, D ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; OBJECT-ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION (VHR);

DIAMOND MINES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; DIAMOND; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IKONOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MINING; MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA;

EID: 37249057749     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601047771     Document Type: Article

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