Comparison of methods for land-use classification incorporating remote sensing and GIS inputs

Applied Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 533-544

  Rozenstein, Offer ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

GIS; Land use; Negev; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 78650077552     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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