Multi-scale image segmentation and object-oriented processing for land cover classification

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-391

  Frohn, Robert C ^a   Chaudhary, Navendu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 62449098219     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.4.377     Document Type: Article

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