Effects of class granularity and cofactors on the performance of unsupervised classification of wetlands using multi-spectral aerial photography

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-282

  Martin, R ^a   Brabyn, L ^b   Beard, C ^c  

^a WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

classification; landcover; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION MAPPING; WETLAND;

EID: 84904249449     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2014.913272     Document Type: Article

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