Automated parameterisation for multi-scale image segmentation on multiple layers

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Dragut L ^a   Csillik, O ^a   Eisank, C ^b   Tiede, D ^b  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automation; GEOBIA; Imagery; MRS; Object; Representation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TOOLS;

GEOBIA; IMAGERY; MRS; OBJECT; REPRESENTATION;

AUTOMATION;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SCALE EFFECT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84891136260     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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