Mapping orangutan habitat and agricultural areas using Landsat OLI imagery augmented with unmanned aircraft system aerial photography

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2017, Pages 2231-2245

  Szantoi, Zoltan ^a   Smith, Scot E ^b   Strona, Giovanni ^a   Koh, Lian Pin ^c   Wich, Serge A ^d,e  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LAND USE; MAPPING; MAPS; PALM OIL; REFORESTATION; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; CHANGE IN LAND USE; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; OIL PALM PLANTATIONS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MAPPING; PRIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ELAEIS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

EID: 85010652954     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1280638     Document Type: Article

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