Comparison of manual mapping and automated object-based image analysis of non-submerged aquatic vegetation from very-high-resolution UAS images

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Husson, Eva ^a   Ecke, Frauke ^a   Reese, Heather ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic vegetation; Drone; Growth form; Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA); Random forest; Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS); Species identification; Sub decimetre spatial resolution; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV); Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DECISION TREES; DRONES; ECOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEGETATION;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; GROWTH FORM; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); RANDOM FORESTS; REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85013629497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8090724     Document Type: Article

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