Evaluation of diverse classification approaches for land use/cover mapping in a Mediterranean region utilizing Hyperion data

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 194-216

  Elatawneh, Alata ^a,b   Kalaitzidis, Chariton ^b   Petropoulos, George P ^c   Schneider, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^c INFOCOSMOS   (Greece)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; digital image analysis; Earth's land use cover mapping; Greece; Hyperion; spectral angle mapper; sub pixel classification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PHOTOMAPPING; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; GREECE; HYPERION; LAND USE/COVER; SPECTRAL ANGLE MAPPERS; SUB-PIXEL CLASSIFICATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84893629638     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2012.671378     Document Type: Article

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