Object-Based Mapping of Karst Rocky Desertification using a Support Vector Machine

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-167

  Xu, E Q ^a,b   Zhang, H Q ^a   Li, M X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Bureau to Combat Desertification of the State Forestry Administration   (China)

Author keywords

China; Different karst landscapes; Image segmentation; Karst rocky desertification; Object based; Optimal object scale

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COUPLINGS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

CHINA; DIFFERENT KARST LANDSCAPES; KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION; OBJECT BASED; OPTIMAL OBJECT SCALE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84922702677     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2193     Document Type: Article

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