Combining per-pixel and object-based classifications for mapping land cover over large areas

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 738-753

  Costa, Hugo ^a,b   Carrão, Hugo ^a,c   Bação, Fernando ^d   Caetano, Mario ^a,d  

^a DGT Direção Geral Do Território   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHYSICAL ADDRESSES; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SEMANTICS;

LAND COVER INFORMATIONS; MANUAL CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL- AND OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION; POST CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

MAPPING;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; MAPPING; PIXEL; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84892975526     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.873151     Document Type: Article

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