A comparison of object-oriented image classification and transect sampling methods for obtaining land cover information from digital orthophotography

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-129

  Tenenbaum, David ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Zhou, Weiqi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URBANIZATION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952436696     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.1.112     Document Type: Article

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