Mapping trees outside forests using high-resolution aerial imagery: A comparison of pixel- and object-based classification approaches

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6261-6275

  Meneguzzo, Dacia M ^a   Liknes, Greg C ^a   Nelson, Mark D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Forest inventory; Independent component analysis; Object based image analysis; Tree cover; Trees outside forests

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; FOREST INVENTORY; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); PIXEL- AND OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; TREE COVER; TREES OUTSIDE FORESTS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PIXELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING METHOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; TREE; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; REMOTE SENSING; TREES OUTSIDE FOREST; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TREES;

MINNESOTA; STEELE COUNTY [MINNESOTA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879837474     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3022-1     Document Type: Article

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