Object based image analysis for remote sensing

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-16

  Blaschke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

GEOBIA; GIScience; Multiscale image analysis; OBIA; Object based image analysis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PATH; CONFERENCE PAPERS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DATA SETS; FIRST YEAR; GEO-SPATIAL OBJECTS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; JOURNAL ARTICLES; JOURNAL PAPER; LANDSAT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; MULTISCALE IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-BASED METHODS; PIXEL SIZE; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SUB-PIXEL ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REMOTE SENSING;

PIXELS;

GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL PLANNING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 73249139477     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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