An object-oriented approach to automated landform mapping: A case study of drumlins

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1324-1336

  Saha, Kakoli ^a   Wells, Neil A ^a   Munro Stasiuk, Mandy ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphometry; Morphology; Object oriented classification

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTRACTION; AUTOMATED METHODS; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DATA SETS; DEFINIENS; DEM DATUM; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELONGATION RATIO; GEOMORPHOMETRY; LANDFORM MAPPING; MANUAL METHODS; MULTIRESOLUTION SEGMENTATION; NEW YORK; OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACH; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PIXEL VALUES; RULE-BASED CLASSIFICATION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; PIXELS; SURVEYING;

LANDFORMS;

DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING; DRUMLIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY; PIXEL; RASTER;

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051557027     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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