Geographic object-based delineation of neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana using QuickBird satellite imagery

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 907-914

  Stow, Douglas A ^a   Lippitt, Christopher D ^a   Weeks, John R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

CENSUS ENUMERATIONS; DERIVED NEIGHBORHOODS; GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC OBJECTS; ITERATIVE SEGMENTATION; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL CLUSTERING;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME HOUSING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATCH SIZE; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; URBAN SYSTEM; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 80052449958     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.76.8.907     Document Type: Review

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