Hierarchical land cover and vegetation classification using multispectral data acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2017, Pages 2037-2052

  Ahmed, Oumer S ^a   Shemrock, Adam ^b   Chabot, Dominique ^c   Dillon, Chris ^c   Williams, Griffin ^d   Wasson, Rachel ^d   Franklin, Steven E ^d  

^a Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^b AirTech UAV Solutions Inc   (Canada)

^c DroneMetrics   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; ANTENNAS; BIRDS; CROPS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; MULTI-SPECTRAL CAMERAS; MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRCRAFT; LAND COVER; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; FRAXINUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 85014543098     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1294781     Document Type: Article

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