面向对象的高分辨率影像单值分类耕地提取方法研究

遥感技术已广泛地应用于土地覆盖/土地利用分类中。在专题应用中,用户只对某一类地物感兴趣,例如耕地提取,即单类别分类问题。随着影像分辨率的提高,基于像元的分类算法难以满足高分辨率影像高精度信息提取的需求。本文采用结合面向对象分类思想和基于正样本、未标记样本遥感单值（PUL）分类方法从多源高分辨率影像中提取耕地信息,并与基于像素的分类实验进行对比分析。结果表明,在缺少部分地类的不完全训练集下,基于面向对象的单值分类较传统神经网络分类有更较稳定的表现,并且远优于基于像素的分类结果。     

面向对象分类特征优化选取方法及其应用

与传统基于像元的分类方法比较,面向对象的分类方法可利用的地物信息更加丰富,然而如何从众多信息中筛选出能够有效提取不同地物的分类特征,从而提高分类效率与精度,是使用面向对象方法分类时急需解决的问题。SEaTH算法（分离阈值法）是一种有效的自动选取分类特征并计算阈值的方法,但其只考虑了类间距离,容易存在信息的冗余,从而对分类精度造成一定影响。本文在SEaTH算法的基础上,综合考虑了特征间的相关性、类间距离以及类内距离,对SEaTH算法进行了优化,并将改进前后的两种方法运用到广东省肇庆市TM影像及环境一号卫星影像土地覆盖分类中进行对比分析。实验结果表明,改进后的方法筛选出的特征在提取地物上更为有效,尤其使耕地的分类精度提高了12.26%,使分类总体精度由80%提高到了85.26%。改进后的方法对不易获取多时相影像的地区的土地覆盖分类具有重要意义。     

秦淮河丘陵地区土地利用遥感信息提取及制图

着重论述了使用SPOT卫星遥感图像提取土地利用专题信息的技术与方法。利用数字地形模型（DEM）派生的坡度、坡向等辅助信息，对遥感影像的光谱特征空间进行扩展，建立基于知识的统计分析扩展模型，对不同参数的分类结果进行评价。研究结果表明，该方法能有效地提取SPOT星遥感土地利用专题信息，特别适合我国南方丘陵地区土地利用遥感信息提取。同时，通过地物分层分类信息提取方法和遥感影像数据融合技术，编制了研究区土地利用现状图。     

迁移学习支持下的遥感影像对象级分类样本自动选择方法

面向遥感大范围应用的目标,自动化程度仍是遥感影像分类面临的重要问题,样本的人工选择难以适应当前土地覆盖信息自动化提取的实际应用需求。为了构建一套基于先验知识的遥感影像全自动分类流程,本文将空间信息挖掘技术引入到遥感信息提取过程中,提出了一种面向遥感影像对象级分类的样本自动选择方法。该方法通过变化检测将不变地物标示在新的目标影像上,并将过去解译的地物类别知识迁移至新的影像上,建立新的特征与地物关系,从而完成历史专题数据辅助下目标影像的自动化的对象级分类。实验结果表明,在已有历史专题层的图斑知识指导下,该方法能有效地自动选择适用于新影像分类的可靠样本,获得较好的信息提取效果,提高了对象级分类的效率。     

基于知识的分层综合分类法在土地利用/土地覆盖遥感信息提取中的应用

土地利用/土地覆盖数据的获取是研究LUCC的重要基础工作。随着遥感技术的飞速发展,通过遥感提取土地利用/土地覆盖专题信息已成为LUCC研究必不可少的一步。目前遥感专题信息提取水平相对滞后于遥感数据获取,为了提高遥感数据在土地利用/土地覆盖的应用,寻找一种较好的、具有相对适用性的方法是目前遥感应用的一个迫切要求。本文比较了目前比较常用的几种土地利用/土地覆盖遥感信息提取方法,分别以西部干旱区(柴达木盆地)和东部地区(鄱阳湖地区)为例,提出在GIS支持下基于知识的分层综合分类方法,并通过和其他几种常用方法进行比较分析,得到如下结果:在自然环境相差较大的柴达木盆地和鄱阳湖地区,采用了GIS支持下基于知识的分层综合分类方法的提取精度均要比单独采用最大似然法、纹理分析法、神经网络分类法等方法的总体精度高出25%,Kappa系数高出0.2。由此可以说明了该方法对于土地利用/土地覆盖专题信息的提取是可行的,同时它也具有一定的适用性。     

水蚀荒漠化遥感信息提取方法研究

为了查明长江流域荒漠化现状,探讨研究区域内荒漠化土地自动分类的有效途径,克服异物同谱和同物异谱现象。以湘西地区为例,利用ETM+卫星数据,探讨了水蚀荒漠化土地覆盖信息的提取方法。在对不同土地覆被类型光谱特征进行系统分析的基础上,根据归一化指数(NDWI、NDVI、NDBI)及3、5、7波段的光谱值,提出了分层信息提取方案。结果表明,该方法简单、实用,准确率高,是一种地物遥感信息提取的有效方法。     

面向土地利用分类的HJ-1 CCD影像最佳分形波段选择

环境一号卫星（HJ-1）CCD影像光谱波段较少,地物之间的准确分类识别有一定困难。采用分形纹理辅助地物分类识别是一种有效方法,而波段选择是提高分类识别精度的关键。本文以江西赣州定南县土地利用分类为例,采用双毯覆盖模型对HJ卫星CCD影像6类典型地物的波谱分形特征进行了分析,利用不同地物在不同波段上的分形区分度差异构建了最佳分形波段选择模型,并利用该模型挑选出最佳分形波段来辅助土地利用分类,最后对分类结果进行检验。结果表明：最佳分形波段选择模型能够综合权衡不同地物在不同波段上的分形区分度差异,利用挑选出来的最佳分形波段来辅助分类,其分类总体精度相对于原始影像分类提高了11.77%,相对于第1主成分分形辅助下的分类提高了1.56%。     

煤田火区特征的土地覆盖分类方法 ——以乌达煤田火区为例

土地覆盖变化是土地分析与评价和生态环境变化预测的重要科学基础, 通过精确的土地覆盖分类方法 获取高精度的土地覆盖图是研究煤田火区生态环境变化的必要手段。本文以最大似然法、光谱角度法、面向对象 分类法和基于复合分区的分层分类法进行乌达煤田火区土地覆盖分类的方法研究。研究结果表明, 基于复合分区的 分层分类方法分类精度较高, 总体分类精度为92.97%, kappa 系数为0.9155。该方法通过基于地表热辐射特征、热 异常状况、地貌类型, 以及对生态系统扰动状况等的划分, 减少了地物信息的混淆度, 即通过提     

多伦县土地利用动态遥感监测

通过地物光谱特征的深入分析,用线性光谱混合分解模型将主要地物覆被类型分离,并建立多个专题信息模型,依据经验知识建立了各用地类型的提取规则,对多伦县土地利用信息进行了计算机自动提取。通过分析两期遥感调查结果,得到了多伦县土地利用动态变化及不同土地利用类型之间的转换情况。结果表明,多伦县打破了过去的"三三制"土地利用结构,土地沙化发展趋势有一定程度的遏止。最后,对合理利用土地资源提出了一些建议。     

基于多尺度影像分割的面向对象城市土地覆被分类研究——以马来西亚吉隆坡市城市中心区为例

城市受人类活动影响比较大,结构组成比较复杂,对该区域进行分类研究存在一些问题。甚高分辨率遥感影像,以其丰富的细节信息为城市土地覆被分类研究提供了可能。本文结合使用甚高分辨率QuickBird遥感影像和激光扫描LIDAR数据,论述了利用多尺度、多变量影像分割的面向对象的分类技术对马来西亚基隆坡市城市中心区的土地覆被分类研究。针对特定地物选择合适的影像分割特征和分割尺度、按照合理的提取顺序逐步进行城市土地覆被信息提取。在建筑物的提取过程中构建了归一化数字表面模型nDSM,使用成员函数将建筑物信息提取出来。精度评价结果表明,利用该方法得到了理想的城市土地覆被分类结果,其分类总精度从常规面向对象分类方法的83.04%上升到88.52%,其中建筑物生产精度从60.27%增加到93.91%。     

Rule-based classification of high-resolution imagery over urban areas in New York City

This paper describes the integration of results from different feature extraction algorithms using spectral and spatial attributes to detect specific urban features. Methodology includes segmentation of IKONOS data, computing attributes for creating image objects and classifying the objects with fuzzy logic and rule-based algorithms. Previous research reported low class accuracies for two specific classes – dark and grey roofs. A modified per-field approach was employed to extract urban features. New rule-sets were used on image objects having similar or near-similar spectral and spatial characteristics. Different algorithms using spectral and spatial attributes were developed to extract specific urban features from a time-series of Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) (4 m × 4 m) IKONOS data. The modified approach resulted in a remarkable improvement in the accuracy of classes that registered low spectral seperability and therefore low accuracy. The spectral and spatial based classification model may be useful in mapping heterogeneous and spectrally similar urban features.     

Exploitation of TerraSAR-X Data for Land use/Land Cover Analysis Using Object-Oriented Classification Approach in the African Sahel Area, Sudan

Recently, object-oriented classification techniques based on image segmentation approaches are being studied using high-resolution satellite images to extract various thematic information. In this study different types of land use/land cover (LULC) types were analysed by employing object-oriented classification approach to dual TerraSAR-X images (HH and HV polarisation) at African Sahel. For that purpose, multi-resolution segmentation (MRS) of the Definiens software was used for creating the image objects. Using the feature space optimisation (FSO) tool the attributes of the TerraSAR-X image were optimised in order to obtain the best separability among classes for the LULC mapping. The backscattering coefficients (BSC) for some classes were observed to be different for HH and HV polarisations. The best separation distance of the tested spectral, shape and textural features showed different variations among the discriminated LULC classes. An overall accuracy of 84 % with a kappa value 0.82 was resulted from the classification scheme, while accuracy differences among the classes were kept minimal. Finally, the results highlighted the importance of a combine use of TerraSAR-X data and object-oriented classification approaches as a useful source of information and technique for LULC analysis in the African Sahel drylands.     

Hierarchical classification with subsequent aggregation of heathland habitats using an intra-annual RapidEye time-series

Mapping heathland habitats is generally challenging due to fine-scale habitats as well as spectral ambiguities between different classes. A multi-seasonal time-series of multispectral RapidEye data from several phenological stages was analysed towards the classification of different vegetation communities.A 3-level hierarchical dependent classification using Import Vector Machines was tested, based on the assumption that a probabilistic output per class would help the mapping. The first level of the hierarchical classification was related to the moisture gradient, which was derived from Ellenberg’s moisture indicative value. The second level aimed to separate plant alliances; the third level differentiated individual plant associations.For the final integration of the three classification levels, two approaches were implemented: (i) the F1-score and (ii) the maximum classification probability. The overall classification accuracies of both methods were found to be similar, around 0.7.Nevertheless, based on our expert knowledge we found the probabilistic approach to provide a more realistic picture and to be more practical compared to the result using the F1-score from the management point of view. In addition, the overall performance of the maximum probabilistic approach is better in the sense that the same accuracy of 0.7 was achieved with a differentiation of 33 classes instead of only 13 classes for the F1-score, meaning that the method is able to separate more spectral classes at a more detailed level providing the same accuracy.     

Discriminant models for uncertainty characterization in area class change categorization

Discriminant space defining area classes is an important conceptual construct for uncertainty characterization in area-class maps.Discriminant models were promoted as they can enhance consistency in area-class mapping and replicability in error modeling.As area classes are rarely completely separable in empirically realized discriminant space,where class inseparabil-ity becomes more complicated for change categorization,we seek to quantify uncertainty in area classes(and change classes)due to measurement errors and semantic discrepancy separately and hence assess their relative margins objectively.Experiments using real datasets were carried out,and a Bayesian method was used to obtain change maps.We found that there are large differences be-tween uncertainty statistics referring to data classes and information classes.Therefore,uncertainty characterization in change categorization should be based on discriminant modeling of measurement errors and semantic mismatch analysis,enabling quanti-fication of uncertainty due to partially random measurement errors,and systematic categorical discrepancies,respectively.     

Evaluating the Performance of Multi-Class and Single-Class Classification Approaches for Mountain Agriculture Extraction Using Time-Series NDVI

Supervised multi-class classification (MCC) approach is widely being used for regional-level land use–land cover (LULC) mapping and monitoring. However, it becomes inefficient if the end user wants to map only one particular class. Therefore, an improved single-class classification (SCC) approach is required for quick and reliable map production purpose. In this regard, the current study attempts to evaluate the performance of MCC and SCC approaches for extracting mountain agriculture area using time-series normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI). At first, samples of eight LULC classes were acquired using Google Earth image, and corresponding temporal signatures (TS) were extracted from time-series NDVI to perform classification using minimum distance to mean (MDM) and spectral angle mapper (i.e., multi-class SAM—MCSAM) under MCC approach. Secondly, under SCC approach, the TS of three agriculture classes (i.e., agriculture, mixed agriculture and plantation) were utilized as a reference to extract agriculture extent using Euclidean distance (ED) and SAM (i.e., single-class SAM—SCSAM) algorithms. The area of all four maps (i.e., MDM—19.77% of total geographical area (TGA), MCSAM—21.07% of TGA, ED—15.23% of TGA, SCSAM—13.85% of TGA) was compared with reference agriculture area (14.54% of TGA) of global land cover product, and SCC-based maps were found to have close agreement. Also, the class-wise detection accuracy was evaluated using random sample point-based error matrix which reveals the better performance of ED-based map than rest three maps in terms of overall accuracy and kappa coefficient.     

A novel approach to optimize hierarchical vegetation mapping from hyper-temporal NDVI imagery,demonstrated at national level for Namibia

This paper presents a novel methodological approach to countrywide vegetation mapping. We used green vegetation biomass over the year as captured by coarse resolution hyper-temporal NDVI satellite-imagery, to generate vegetation mapping units at the biome, ecoregion and at the next lower hierarchical level for Namibia, excluding the Zambezi Region. Our method was based on a time series of 15 years of SPOT-VGT-MVC images each representing a specific 10-day period (dekad). The ISODATA unsupervised clustering technique was used to separately create 2–100 NDVI-cluster maps. The optimal number of temporal NDVI-clusters to represent the information on vegetation contained in the imagery was established by divergence separability statistics of all generated NDVI-clusters. The selected map consisted of legend of 81 cluster-specific temporal NDVI-profiles covering each a 15-year period of averaged NDVI data representing all pixels classified to that cluster. Then, by legend-entry using the dekad-medians of all 15 annual repeats, we produced generalized legend-entries without year-specific anomalies for each cluster. Subsequently, a hierarchical cluster analysis of these temporal NDVI-profiles was used to produce a dendrogram that generated grouping options for the 81 legend-entries. Maps with cluster-groups of 8 and 4 legend-entries resulted. The 81-cluster map and its 65 legend-entries vector version have no equivalent in published vegetation maps. The 8 cluster-group map broadly corresponds with published ecoregion level maps and the 4 cluster-group map with the published biome maps in their number of legend units. The published vegetation maps varied considerably from our NDVI-profile maps in the location of mapping unit boundaries. The agreement index between our map and published biome maps ranges from 70−93. For the ecoregion level, the agreement index is much lower, namely 51−75. Our methodological approach showed a considerably higher discretionary power for hierarchical levels and the number of vegetation mapping units than the approaches applied to previously published maps. We recommended an approach to transform our three hyper-temporal NDVI-profiles based legend-entries into more specific vegetation units. This might be accomplished by re-analysis of available, spatially-comprehensive plant species occurrence data.     

A Microsoft VBA Application for Generating Heat Maps

A choropleth map is a form of thematic map used to portray the structural characteristics of some particular geographical distribution not apparent in data presented in tabular form. Preparation of a choropleth map starts with the assignment of map features to classes based on the value of a specific feature attribute followed by the association of classes of features with appropriate map colors or symbols. Map features are often geographical regions with naturally or artificially defined boundaries, but choropleth maps can also be prepared by segmenting the area to be mapped into a regular grid of regions. Maps prepared with each grid shaded in an intuitive manner such as blue for grids with the lowest attribute values to red for the highest values can be termed “heat maps”. This technical note describes the HeatMap Microsoft Excel application which converts information contained in a worksheet into a heat map, and then converts the heat map into a file suitable for display using mapping systems such as Google Earth. An example illustrates how the application can be used to visualize the seventeenth century frontier between the Polish/Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire.     

Quantifying uncertainty in remote sensing-based urban land-use mapping

Land-use/land-cover information constitutes an important component in the calibration of many urban growth models. Typically, the model building involves a process of historic calibration based on time series of land-use maps. Medium-resolution satellite imagery is an interesting source for obtaining data on land-use change, yet inferring information on the use of urbanised spaces from these images is a challenging task that is subject to different types of uncertainty. Quantifying and reducing the uncertainties in land-use mapping and land-use change model parameter assessment are therefore crucial to improve the reliability of urban growth models relying on these data. In this paper, a remote sensing-based land-use mapping approach is adopted, consisting of two stages: (i) estimating impervious surface cover at sub-pixel level through linear regression unmixing and (ii) inferring urban land use from urban form using metrics describing the spatial structure of the built-up area, together with address data. The focus lies on quantifying the uncertainty involved in this approach. Both stages of the land-use mapping process are subjected to Monte Carlo simulation to assess their relative contribution to and their combined impact on the uncertainty in the derived land-use maps. The robustness to uncertainty of the land-use mapping strategy is addressed by comparing the most likely land-use maps obtained from the simulation with the original land-use map, obtained without taking uncertainty into account. The approach was applied on the Brussels-Capital Region and the central part of the Flanders region (Belgium), covering the city of Antwerp, using a time series of SPOT data for 1996, 2005 and 2012. Although the most likely land-use map obtained from the simulation is very similar to the original land-use map – indicating absence of bias in the mapping process – it is shown that the errors related to the impervious surface sub-pixel fraction estimation have a strong impact on the land-use map's uncertainty. Hence, uncertainties observed in the derived land-use maps should be taken into account when using these maps as an input for modelling of urban growth.     

THEMATIC MAPPING OF PLANETS: CURRENT SITUATION AND PROSPECTS

Principles and objectives governing Soviet thematic mapping of nearby planets are outlined, types of information sources for such mapping categorized, and the suitability of different types of information sources for thematic mapping are evaluated. This is followed by a classification of thematic planetary maps according to type. The need for a standardized, systems approach to the determination of map scales, compilation and generalization, symbolization, and map design is emphasized as an essential prerequisite for the development of complex atlases of individual planets, atlases of “comparative planetology,” and the establishment of “planetary information systems.” Translated by Jay Mitchell; PlanEcon, Inc.; Washington, DC 20005 from: Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, geografiya, 1987, No. 6, pp. 60-67.     

DEM 辅助下的河道细小线性水体自适应迭代提取

提出了一种河道细小线性水体自动识别方法。该方法综合应用了空间知识、光谱计算和全局--局部迭代模型算法。首先,利用全球30米ASTER DEM数据,生成流域的水系分布矢量图;然后,以DEM水系分布图作为先验知识,通过空间分析形成信息提取目标区,为后续信息提取提供了目标靶区;再次,通过水体光谱指数计算和NDWI全局阈值分割,得到靶区水体分布的初步信息;最后,在水体指数全域分割的基础上,通过局部水体指数物理特征分析、自适应阈值选择和迭代计算,实现局部河道水体精确提取。试验采用ETM+数据对伊犁河上游的支流河道进行信息提取,结果表明该方法能够快速准确地完成大流域范围内的河道水系制图,并能够最大程度地降低细小河道水体识别中背景光谱信息混杂的干扰,提高了遥感信息提取的针对性和计算的效率。