Comparison between pixel- and object-based image classification of a tropical landscape using Système Pour l’Observation de la Terre-5 imagery.

• Main Authors: Memarian, Hadi, Balasundram, Siva Kumar, Khosla, Raj
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SPIE 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29469/1/Comparison%20between%20pixel.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29469/; http://remotesensing.spiedigitallibrary.org/issue.aspx?journalid=96&issueid=926148
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Based on the Système Pour l’Observation de la Terre-5 imagery, two main techniques of classifying land-use categories in a tropical landscape are compared using two supervised algorithms: maximum likelihood classifier (MLC) and K-nearest neighbor object-based classifier. Nine combinations of scale l...