Defining robustness measures for OBIA framework: A case study for detecting informal settlements

Global Urban Monitoring and Assessment: Through Earth Observation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 303-324

  Hofmann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAND USE; MAPPING; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING RADAR;

AIRBORNE IMAGERY; COST EFFECTIVE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING; ROBUSTNESS MEASURES; URBAN FEATURES; URBAN LAND USE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84938877066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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