Does spatial resolution matter? A multi-scale comparison of object-based and pixel-based methods for detecting change associated with gas well drilling operations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1633-1651

  Baker, Benjamin A ^a   Warner, Timothy A ^a   Conley, Jamison F ^a   McNeil, Brenden E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OBJECT DETECTION; PIXELS; WELL DRILLING;

ACCURACY EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC OBJECT-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; MODERATE RESOLUTION; PIXEL BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL-BASED METHODS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION; DRILLING; GAS WELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AIR CRAFT; CLASSIFICATION; DRILLING; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84868536352     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.724540     Document Type: Article

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