Classification of semiurban landscapes from very high-resolution satellite images using a regionalized multiscale segmentation approach

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Kavzoglu, Taskin ^a   Erdemir, Merve Yildiz ^a   Tonbul, Hasan ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

landscape dynamics.; multiscale segmentation; object based classification; object based image analysis; very high resolution satellite images

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SATELLITES;

LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; MULTISCALE SEGMENTATION; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 85029769564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.11.035016     Document Type: Article

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