An index based on joint density of corners and line segments for built-up area detection from high resolution satellite imagery

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Ning, Xiaogang ^a   Lin, Xiangguo ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING   (China)

Author keywords

Built up area; Harris corners; Line segment; Remote sensing; Satellite image; Spatial voting; Very high spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044546366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6110338     Document Type: Article

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