Merging random forest classification with an object-oriented approach for analysis of agricultural lands

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 37, Issue , 2008, Pages 579-582

  Watts, J D ^a   Lawrence, R L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Land use; Landsat imagery; Random Forest; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; DECISION TREES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAND USE; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; DECISION TREE CLASSIFIERS; LANDSAT IMAGERY; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH; PIXEL BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFICATION; RANDOM FORESTS;

DATA MINING;

EID: 79960732821     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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