Transferability of object-oriented image analysis methods for slum identification

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4209-4228

  Kohli, Divyani ^a   Warwadekar, Pankaj ^a   Kerle, Norman ^a   Sliuzas, Richard ^a   Stein, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ahmedabad India; Image classification; Object oriented image analysis (OOA); Ontology; Remote sensing; Slums; Texture

Indexed keywords

AHMEDABAD/INDIA; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; GREY LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIXES; OBJECT-ORIENTED IMAGE ANALYSIS; SLUMS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPECIFIC ADAPTATIONS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ONTOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURES;

HOUSING;

EID: 84884676575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5094209     Document Type: Article

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