Mapping land cover and land use from object-based classification: an example from a complex agricultural landscape

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4702-4723

  Goodin, Douglas G ^a   Anibas, Kyle L ^a   Bezymennyi, Maksym ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Veterinary Medicine NAAS of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER MAPPING; LANDUSE CLASSIFICATIONS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING;

POLAND; UKRAINE;

EID: 84943374021     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1088674     Document Type: Article

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