Object-based change detection

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4434-4457

  Chen, Gang ^a   Hay, Geoffrey J ^a   Carvalho, Luis M T ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CHANGE DETECTION; EARTH OBSERVATION DATA; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY; OBJECT BASED CHANGE DETECTIONS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); PIXEL BASED APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY;

OBJECT DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84863016325     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.648285     Document Type: Review

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