Mapping agricultural land use using retrospective ground referenced data,satellite sensor imagery and GIS

A postal survey, using questionnaires, has been used to collect retrospective land cover information for comparison with Landsat TM imagery. The questionnaires targeted selected farms in Warwickshire, UK based on spectral data from an image produced by an unsupervised classification of TM bands 2, 4 and 5. The information from the questionnaires was used as 'training data' in a supervised classification of the imagery and as 'testing data' for the assessment of classification accuracy. The analysis was performed using IDRISI, a raster based Geographical Information System (GIS). The overall accuracy of the classified image was 87%. Individual class accuracy ranged from 80% for oilseed rape to 94% for water. The Kappa coefficient for the classified image was 86.5%. The total area and percentage occupied by each class on the classified image was calculated. Comparisons with independent ground survey data indicated that difference in terms of area percentage coverage ranged from 0.45% for wheat to 1.49% for grassland. The methodology is workable for obtaining and using compatible ground referenced data with imagery taken in the recent past.     

Forest recreation planning in Langkawi Island,Malaysia, using Landsat TM

There is an increasing demand for development of new recreation areas and more intensive management of existing areas. With an eye to the design and implementation of comprehensive zoning plans, satellite remote sensing should provide an ideal tool for terrain analysis, vegetation, and cover type mapping, which are vital to intensive recreation planning. The study undertaken was aimed at examining the applicability of satellite remote sensing for providing necessary information to be used in forest recreation planning. A Landsat TM scene (path row 128/ 56) taken on 30 January 1992 was processed digitally on a Meridian PC image processing system by selecting a representative subsection of the scene that covered the study area. Existing land use, topographical maps, and other related ground information as well as contrast stretching and a maximum likelihood classifier ( MLC) technique were used to assist in the classification. The selection of potential recreation sites was based from potential surface analysis ( PSA ). The results showed that most of the undeveloped forest area located in the north-eastern part of Langkawi Island, Malaysia, was the most potential sites for recreational development, while the moderate recreation potential zones lay on the western part of the island. The mean overall classification accuracy obtained was 82% Therefore the study implies that it is possible to select potential recreation sites ranging from most potential to least potential in Langkawi Island using Landsat TM.     

结合地籍数据的高密度城区面向对象遥感分类 

利用高分辨率遥感影像和GIS辅助数据,对高密度城区进行面向对象的土地利用覆被分类研究。使用NAIP高分辨率航空遥感影像,在多尺度影像分割的基础上,针对特定地物选择合适的影像分割参数。采用决策树方法建立高密度城市地区的分类规则,并结合该地区地籍图数据作为辅助数据,逐步进行高密度城市地区地物信息提取。利用辅助数据进行面向对象的遥感分类效果优于单纯依靠遥感影像进行的分类,且有效提取了道路和复杂的房屋等信息,得到了理想的分类结果,其总分类精度从常规面向对象方法的84.08%提高到89.79%。利用辅助数据进行遥感分类提高了高分辨率遥感影像的分类精度,说明了利用辅助数据进行遥感分类方法的有效性。     

A performance evaluation of a burned area object-based classification model when applied to topographically and non-topographically corrected TM imagery

Operational use of remote sensing as a tool for post-fire Mediterranean forest management has been limited by problems of classification accuracy arising from confusion between burned and non-burned land, especially within shaded areas. Object-oriented image analysis has been developed to overcome the limitations and weaknesses of traditional image processing methods for feature extraction from high spatial resolution images. The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of an object-based classification model developed for burned area mapping, when applied to topographically and non-topographically corrected Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery for a site on the Greek island of Thasos. The image was atmospherically and geometrically corrected before object-based classification. The results were compared with the forest perimeter map generated by the Forest Service. The accuracy assessment using an error matrix indicated that the removal of topographic effects from the image before applying the object-based classification model resulted in only slightly more accurate mapping of the burned area (1.16% increase in accuracy). It was concluded that topographic correction is not essential prior to object-based classification of a burned Mediterranean landscape using TM data.     

TM图像土地利用分类精度验证与评估-以定西县为例

基于GIS技术,介绍一种数学重采样的遥感土地利用调查精度验证方法。利用该方法对定西县2000年土地利用调查结果的一级分类进行了分层验证,结果表明,定西县土地利用调查总体精度较高。人工用地的分类精度估计值为0.95,农业用地的分类精度估计值为0.99,自然/半自然植被的分类估计值为0.97,水体的正确分类估计值为1,未利用土地的分类估计值为0.94,总的分类精度估计值为0.9791。这说明复杂地区土地利用调查中用TM图像作为主要信息源是可行的。
     

A Hierarchical Classification and Iterative Model based Methodfor Remote Sensing Classification of Land Cover

Land cover classification based on remote sensing is an important means to analyze the change and spatial pattern of land use.In order to further improve the classification accuracy,this paper proposed a hierarchical classification and iterative CART model based method for remote sensing classification of landcover.Firstly,the extraction order of land cover classes was determined based on the class separability evaluation,which was water,vegetation,bare soil and built-up land.Secondly,we selected the optimal image segmentation parameters and a set of sensitive features for each class during the hierarchical classification process.Finally,object-based training samples were selected to be fed into the iterative CART algorithm for the successive extraction of the first three classes,with the remaining unclassified objects being directly assigned to the last class.Results demonstrated that the proposed method can significantly reduce the mixture between bare soil and built-up land,and is capable of achieving landcover classification with much higher accuracy.The proposed method achieved an overall accuracy of 85.76% and a Kappa efficient of 0.72,with the performance improvements ranging from 10.67% to 16.5% and 0.15 to 0.21 as compared SVM and CART single classification methods.The classification accuracy of a specific class can be flexibly adjusted using this method,giving different purposes of classification.This method can also be easily extended to other districts and disciplines involving remote sensing image classification.     

基于遥感和陆表信息集成的广东省土地覆盖分类方法研究

土地覆盖信息是估算地-气间的生物物理过程和能量交换的关键参数,也是区域和全球尺度气候和生态系统过程模型所需要的重要参量。如何高效地利用遥感数据提取土地覆盖信息是当前研究迫切需要解决的问题。面向对象的分类方法不但充分利用了遥感数据的光谱信息,同时也利用了影像的纹理结构信息和更多的地物分布信息关系,在遥感分类中具有较大的潜力。研究基于2010年多时相的环境卫星数据、TM数据以及DEM数据,并结合地表采集的4000多个样点数据,采用面向对象的分类方法对广东省土地覆盖进行分类。经采样验证,广东省土地覆盖平均精度为85%,分类结果精度远高于常规的分类算法,说明结合陆表信息的面向对象分类方法比常规的分类算法更具有优势,可以实现高精度的土地覆盖分类。     

Satellite remote sensing of deforestation in the Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve,Peninsular Malaysia

Deforestation has been a very critical environmental problem during the past few decades. Monitoring the Earth's surface conditions and their changes are essential to the management of this global environmental problem. Remote sensing can provide an effective 1001 for monitoring environmental changes on a global scale. This has focused attention on developing more effective and efficient techniques for the management and survey of forest areas. This study was designed to assess the feasibility of utilizing Landsat TM data in monitoring deforestation in the Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve. Detection of land cover change due to urbanization was performed using rnulti-tempora! data taken in 1988and 1991. An IDRISI image processing system was used to analyse the satellite data. Multi-temporal images were registered and spectral signatures of each point were directly compared. Correlation analysis was used to evaluate the similarity of two spectral signatures. A false colour composite image of bands 4, 5 and 3 (Red-Green-Blue) was used in unsupervised classification. For detection of land cover change, both multi-temporal images were overlaid and the area was calculated. The study revealed that the rate of deforestation in the Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve is about 182ha yr^-1 with an accuracy of 90·0 per cent.     

太湖湖滨敏感区的土地利用遥感分类研究

近年来太湖流域水体污染日趋严重,土地利用是重要的环境变化影响因子,对太湖湖滨敏感区土地利用分类研究具有重要意义。研究基于2010年ALOS多光谱遥感影像,以太湖流域上游的武进港、直湖港流域为研究区,根据研究区实际状况和研究目的,建立太湖流域上游湖滨敏感区的土地利用/土地覆被分类系统,并用于该地区的面向对象遥感分类,研究通过影像的多尺度分割,获得不同层次的影像对象,在不同层次设置对应的分类规则,以充分利用影像中地物的光谱、纹理和不同层对象相互关系等信息,从而提高分类效果。研究表明:在面向对象多尺度影像分割的基础上,基于决策树建立多个分类规则的分类方法,能够有效提取建设用地、道路、水体等几类信息,分类总体精度达到88.00%;同时,该地区主要土地利用类型如耕地、农村居民点和城镇居民点的分类精度也较高,这也表明该分类方法对整个太湖流域以及其他平原河网地区的土地利用相关研究具有一定的实用价值。     

The role of topographic correction in mapping recently burned Mediterranean forest areas from LANDSAT TM images

Operational use of remote sensing as a tool for post‐fire, Mediterranean forest management has been limited by problems of classification accuracy arising from confusion of burned and non‐burned areas. Frequently, this occurs as a result of slope illumination and shadowing effects caused by the complex topography encountered in many forested areas. Cloud shadows can also be a problem. The aim of this work was to investigate how image classification results could be improved by removing the illumination effects of topography from satellite images. This was achieved by applying supervised classification to both uncorrected and topographically corrected LANDSAT TM data for a site on the Greek island of Thasos. The classification methodology included atmospheric and geometric correction, field‐based training, seperability/contingency analysis and maximum likelihood processing. The classification scheme was determined on the basis of consultation with the Greek Forest Service. Overlay of the resulting class maps enabled comparison of the total burned area and its spatial extent using the two different approaches to processing. The results of each approach were compared with the forest perimeter map generated by the Forest Service using traditional survey methods. Accuracy assessment and error analysis clearly indicated that the removal of the topographic effect from the satellite image before its classification resulted in more accurate mapping of the burned area. It is concluded that operational use of satellite remote sensing for forest fire management depends on accurate, robust, widely available and proven techniques. Topographic correction should now be regarded as an essential element of any classification methodology which will be used for operational, post‐fire management of forests in complex Mediterranean landscapes.     

Topographic constrained land cover classification in mountain areas using fully convolutional network

Mountains are an important kind of landform on the earth’s surface. Due to harsh mountainous environment, such as steep slopes and cliffs, remote sensing has become an indispensable tool for surveying mountain areas instead of traditional ground surveys. However, the accuracy of current land cover products derived from remote sensing in mountain areas is still low. In this paper, we propose a three-level architecture for land cover classification in mountain areas. Topographic partitioning is first performed in order to partition a large area into several smaller zones, and then, multiresolution segmentation is implemented in each individual zone. Thus, we can obtain initial geo-semantic objects with terrain, spectrum and texture homogeneities. A fully convolutional network (FCN)-based classifier (U-Net) is further introduced for supervised classification of land cover. From the perspectives of both visual interpretation and quantitative evaluation, the proposed method achieved robust and high-precision results for all land cover types. We also investigate the contributions of multimodal features for classification accuracy improvement. First, the results showed that additional features resulted in higher classification accuracies than 3-features only; 6-features achieved the best performance on farmland, impervious surfaces and coniferous forests, while 5-features performed well on water and broad-leaved forests. The elevation feature did not have a positive effect on water and broad-leaved forests, which can be explained by their physical distribution in the landscape. Second, the most significant improvement was achieved on water (Kappa coefficient increased from 0.741 to 0.924), followed by coniferous forests (Kappa coefficient increased from 0.629 to 0.805), whereas only a minor improvement was observed for the other three types. Furthermore, the accuracies of farmland and impervious surfaces remained relatively high even without the assistance of additional features, and texture feature plays a key role. The final land cover map was generated by combining the optimal results of each type via a hierarchical integrating strategy. The overall accuracy of classification achieved 90.6%.     

基于MODIS温度和植被指数产品的山东省土地覆盖变化研究

地表温度(LST)与归一化植被指数(NDVI)构成的NDVI-Ts特征空间具有丰富的地学和生态学内涵。MODIS数据因其优越的时间分辨率、波谱分辨率,已被广泛地运用于各个领域。在本研究中,运用遥感技术和GIS技术相结合的手段,利用NASA提供的MODIS温度产品和NDVI产品,以山东省土地利用图、山东省TM遥感影像图和基于3S技术的山东省森林资源调查项目的外业调查数据为参考和评价标准,以NDVI-Ts时间序列为指标,在进行土地覆盖分类的基础上,分析比较了山东省土地覆盖从2000年到2006年的变化情况。研究结果表明,利用MODIS产品将NDVI-Ts时间序列作为分类特征,在较大尺度范围的土地覆盖分类中具有较高的分类精度,有利于对土地覆盖变化进行动态监测。     

Use of cartographic data and Landsat TM images to determine land use change in the vicinity of Mexico City

Evaluation of change in land use is important for planning further development in populated areas. Here we attempt to determine the growth of urban areas in the vicinity of Mexico City, using a 1993 Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image and cartographic data contained in maps published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica (INEGI 1975, 1983). The area occupied by urban areas in 1975 and 1983 was quantified using raster images generated by scanning the maps. Supervised classification processes were applied to a 1993 Landsat TM image in bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, of the area of Chalco. The image was pre-processed and then processed to enhance the spectral response of the surface materials. The different land cover types that characterise distinct land uses in the study area were identified in the image and an overall classification accuracy of 82% was estimated using aerial photographs from the Chalco area. The resulting evaluation of the land use changes in the Chalco urban area was plotted, and a growth greater than 14% per year was estimated.     

GIS支持下的湿地遥感信息高精度分类方法研究

遥感影像高精度自动分类方法的实现是制约遥感数据应用的瓶颈之一。以知识和地理信息系统为支撑,进行湿地遥感影像的分类,并对各项分类方法的精度进行比较评价,从而为湿地遥感的分类方法提供依据。实验结果表明经辐射增强降噪处理后湿地边界更加明晰;而对于处于生长期的湿地影像,经过光谱增强缨帽处理后,明显提高了区分湿地亚类的精度。结合以上两种分类方法的优势,利用GIS技术对二者进行空间处理,取长补短,生成了湿地遥感影像分类图。实验证明基于3S技术的分类方法精度更高,是一种较好的湿地影像自动分类方法。     

QuickBird卫星图像信息识别

信息识别是目前高分辨率遥感应用中的最大障碍。以株洲市Qu ickB ird图像为研究对象,将研究区分为道路、水、林地、农用地、裸露地和居民点6种地类,分别进行目视判读、计算机监督分类和非监督分类,其精度分别为98.2%、72.64%和60.71%。同时,还对研究区内的Qu ickB ird、ETM+和TM图像进行计算机监督和非监督分类对比,结果表明无论是监督分类还是非监督分类,Qu ickB ird图像的分类精度均低于ETM+和TM图像,这说明空间分辨率的提高对传统的计算机分类结果没有改善,传统的基于像元的分类技术在应用于Qu ickB ird图像时表现出严重的缺陷。因此,本文回避了像元灰度统计法,采用先将图像分割,将以像元为基础的Qu ickB ird图像转化为以对象为基础的图像,这样将研究区共分割出10 000多个对象,建立对象的面积、周长、长度、宽度、长/宽、矩形度和圆形度计算模型;根据研究区各地类特征确定特征因子阈值,模拟目视判读过程,重新对研究区进行分类,结果6种地类的综合分类精度达到91.6%,这说明基于对象的多特征分类对于Qu ickB ird图像识别有明显的改善作用。     

基于知识的山东丘陵区土地利用/覆盖分类研究

土地利用/覆盖信息的获取是土地利用/覆盖变化研究的前提和基础, 传统的基于光谱信息的分类无法克服地物光谱特征相似造成的混淆。以龙口市为例, 探讨了综合应用高程、坡度等地学专家知识和地物的光谱知识, 对山东丘陵地区土地利用/覆盖进行自动分类的方法。实验证明, 基于知识的土地利用ö覆盖分类方法消除了单纯利用光谱信息的不足, 达到了90. 24% 的分类精度, 远高于最大似然法分类。     

基于亚分数混淆矩阵的中国典型区大尺度土地覆盖数据集评价

在中国东北、华北、华中、华南、西北、青藏、内蒙古7个自然地区分别选择典型区A、B、C、D、E、F、G,以Landsat TM/ETM+影像分类结果为参考数据,采用亚分数混淆矩阵对5种大尺度土地覆盖数据集的精度进行定量评价,为数据集的使用提供科学依据。亚分数混淆矩阵可避免参考数据与待评价数据尺度转换时引入的误差,能反映不同优势类比重情况下数据集的总体精度和分类方法误差。结果表明:GLC2000在全部典型区的总体精度最高,为65.64%;UMD总体精度最低,为43.06%。GLC2000在主要土地覆盖类型为林地和耕地以及草地区域具有较高的分类精度;UMD在各区域的分类精度均最低或较低。5种土地覆盖数据集对于城镇、其他的分类精度在各典型区均较低;对于草地和水体的分类精度则是在西北干旱区和青藏高原区的典型区较高。     

Probabilistic landslide hazard mapping using GIS and remote sensing data at Boun,Korea

The aim of this study is to evaluate the hazard of landslides at Boun, Korea, using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing. Landslide locations were identified in the Boun area from interpretation of aerial photographs and field surveys. The topographic, soil, forest, geologic, lineament and land cover data were collected, processed and constructed into a spatial database using GIS and remote sensing data. The factors that influence landslide occurrence, such as slope, aspect and curvature of the topography, were calculated from the topographic database. Texture, material, drainage and effective soil thickness were extracted from the soil database, and type, age, diameter and density of timber were extracted from the forest database. The lithology was extracted from the geological database and lineaments were detected from Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite images. The land cover was classified based on the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite image. Landslide hazard areas were analysed and mapped, using the landslide-occurrence factors, by the probability–likelihood ratio method. The results of the analysis were verified using actual landslide location data. The validation results showed satisfactory agreement between the hazard map and the existing data on landslide locations.     

Matlab 自组织竞争神经网络遥感图像分类——以福州市琅歧岛土地覆盖ö土地利用类型为例

以福州市琅歧岛土地覆盖/土地利用类型为例, 以遥感图像解译知识为基础, 使用TM、Aster的融合图像, 将DEM 因子作为待分类图像的波段加入其中, 构成新的待分类图像, 利用Matlab 平台构建自组织竞争神经网络, 在不依赖网络训练样本选取的前提下, 仿真的结果能真实的反映原始图像的特征, 分类总精度为91. 14% , Kappa 系数为0. 89, 实例证明自组织竞争神经网络分类方法是一种行之有效的分类方法。     

基于Landsat 8卫星影像的北京地区土地覆盖分类

目的 土地覆盖分类能为生态系统模型、水资源模型和气候模型等提供重要信息,遥感技术运用于土地覆盖分类具有诸多优势。作为区域性土地覆盖分类应用的重要数据源,Landsat 5/7的TM和ETM+等数据已逐渐失效,Landsat 8陆地成像仪(OLI)较TM和ETM+增加了新的特性,利用Landsat 8数据进行北京地区土地覆盖分类研究,探讨处理方法的适用性。方法 首先,确定研究区域内土地覆盖分类系统,并对Landsat 8多光谱数据进行预处理,包括大气校正、地形校正、影像拼接及裁剪;然后,利用灰度共生矩阵提取全色波段纹理信息,与多光谱数据进行融合;最后,使用支持向量机(SVM)进行分类,获得土地覆盖分类结果。结果 经过精度评价和分析发现,6S模型大气校正和C模型地形校正预处理提高了不同类别之间的可分性,多光谱数据结合全色波段纹理特征能有效提高部分地物的土地覆盖分类精度,总体精度提高2.8%。结论 相对于Landsat TM/ETM+数据,Landsat 8 OLI数据新增特性有利于土地覆盖分类精度的提高。本文方法适用于Landsat 8 OLI数据土地覆盖分类研究与应用,能够满足大区域土地覆盖分类应用需求。