Object-oriented classification of very high resolution airborne imagery for the extraction of hedgerows and field margin cover in agricultural areas

Applied Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Tansey, Kevin ^a   Chambers, Ian ^a   Anstee, Andrew ^b   Denniss, Anthony ^b   Lamb, Alistair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Hedgerows; Object oriented classification; Very high resolution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIRBORNE SENSING; BIODIVERSITY; GIS; HEDGEROW; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 61449201327     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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