Image segmentation and classification of landsat thematic Mapper data using a sampling approach for forest cover assessment

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-43

  Hirata, Yasumasa ^a   Takahashi, Tomoaki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SCALE; ECOGNITION; FOREST COVER; LAND AREAS; LAND-COVER TYPES; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATIONAL LEVEL; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; SAMPLING RATES; SATELLITE DATA; SCALE PARAMETER;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RATING; REMOTE SENSING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LATITUDE; SATELLITE DATA; SOFTWARE; THEMATIC MAPPING;

JAPAN;

EID: 78951487464     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-130     Document Type: Article

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