Multi-scale GEOBIA with very high spatial resolution digital aerial imagery: Scale, texture and image objects

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2825-2850

  Kim, Minho ^a   Warner, Timothy A ^b   Madden, Marguerite ^a   Atkinson, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; WETLANDS;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; DIGITAL AERIAL IMAGERIES; GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; GREY-LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIXES; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; OPTIMAL SEGMENTATION; QUANTIZATION LEVELS; VERY-HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEXTURE;

EID: 79957608758     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003745608     Document Type: Article

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