Mapping and classification of ecologically sensitive marine habitats using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery and Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA)

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Ventura, Daniele ^a   Bonifazi, Andrea ^b   Gravina, Maria Flavia ^b   Belluscio, Andrea ^a   Ardizzone, Giandomenico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial mapping; Image classification; Mapping; Marine coastal habitats; Mediterranean Sea; Object based image analysis (OBIA); Structure from Motion (SfM); Unmanned aerial systems vehicles (UAS UAV)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

COASTAL HABITATS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

MAPPING;

EID: 85053624280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10091331     Document Type: Article

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