Requirements for labelling forest polygons in an object-based image analysis classification

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2531-2547

  MacLean, Meghan Graham ^a   Campbell, Michael J ^a   Maynard, Daniel S ^a,b   Ducey, Mark J ^a   Congalton, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PIXELS; PRISMS; REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; FOREST INVENTORY; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND COMPOSITION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; FOREST COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL; POLYGON; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRISMS; REMOTE SENSING;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872317296     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.747017     Document Type: Article

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