scholarly journals Geological mapping using remote sensing data: A comparison of five machine learning algorithms, their response to variations in the spatial distribution of training data and the use of explicit spatial information

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 22-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Cracknell ◽  
Anya M. Reading
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Sensing Data

scholarly journals Mapping Allochemical Limestone Formations in Hazara, Pakistan Using Google Cloud Architecture: Application of Machine-Learning Algorithms on Multispectral Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fawad Akbar Khan ◽  
Khan Muhammad ◽  
Shahid Bashir ◽  
Shahab Ud Din ◽  
Muhammad Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Fossiliferous Limestone

Low-resolution Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) maps surrounding the region of interest show oolitic and fossiliferous limestone occurrences correspondingly in Samanasuk, Lockhart, and Margalla hill formations in the Hazara division, Pakistan. Machine-learning algorithms (MLAs) have been rarely applied to multispectral remote sensing data for differentiating between limestone formations formed due to different depositional environments, such as oolitic or fossiliferous. Unlike the previous studies that mostly report lithological classification of rock types having different chemical compositions by the MLAs, this paper aimed to investigate MLAs’ potential for mapping subclasses within the same lithology, i.e., limestone. Additionally, selecting appropriate data labels, training algorithms, hyperparameters, and remote sensing data sources were also investigated while applying these MLAs. In this paper, first, oolitic (Samanasuk), fossiliferous (Lockhart and Margalla) limestone-bearing formations along with the adjoining Hazara formation were mapped using random forest (RF), support vector machine (SVM), classification and regression tree (CART), and naïve Bayes (NB) MLAs. The RF algorithm reported the best accuracy of 83.28% and a Kappa coefficient of 0.78. To further improve the targeted allochemical limestone formation map, annotation labels were generated by the fusion of maps obtained from principal component analysis (PCA), decorrelation stretching (DS), X-means clustering applied to ASTER-L1T, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2 datasets. These labels were used to train and validate SVM, CART, NB, and RF MLAs to obtain a binary classification map of limestone occurrences in the Hazara division, Pakistan using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The classification of Landsat-8 data by CART reported 99.63% accuracy, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.99, and was in good agreement with the field validation. This binary limestone map was further classified into oolitic (Samanasuk) and fossiliferous (Lockhart and Margalla) formations by all the four MLAs; in this case, RF surpassed all the other algorithms with an improved accuracy of 96.36%. This improvement can be attributed to better annotation, resulting in a binary limestone classification map, which formed a mask for improved classification of oolitic and fossiliferous limestone in the area.

scholarly journals Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Wildland-Urban Interface Fuelbreak Planning Integrating ALS and UAV-Borne LiDAR Data and Multispectral Images

Drones ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Rodríguez-Puerta ◽  
Rafael Alonso Ponce ◽  
Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez ◽  
Beatriz Águeda ◽  
Saray Martín-García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Sentinel 2

Controlling vegetation fuels around human settlements is a crucial strategy for reducing fire severity in forests, buildings and infrastructure, as well as protecting human lives. Each country has its own regulations in this respect, but they all have in common that by reducing fuel load, we in turn reduce the intensity and severity of the fire. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)-acquired data combined with other passive and active remote sensing data has the greatest performance to planning Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fuelbreak through machine learning algorithms. Nine remote sensing data sources (active and passive) and four supervised classification algorithms (Random Forest, Linear and Radial Support Vector Machine and Artificial Neural Networks) were tested to classify five fuel-area types. We used very high-density Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data acquired by UAV (154 returns·m−2 and ortho-mosaic of 5-cm pixel), multispectral data from the satellites Pleiades-1B and Sentinel-2, and low-density LiDAR data acquired by Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) (0.5 returns·m−2, ortho-mosaic of 25 cm pixels). Through the Variable Selection Using Random Forest (VSURF) procedure, a pre-selection of final variables was carried out to train the model. The four algorithms were compared, and it was concluded that the differences among them in overall accuracy (OA) on training datasets were negligible. Although the highest accuracy in the training step was obtained in SVML (OA=94.46%) and in testing in ANN (OA=91.91%), Random Forest was considered to be the most reliable algorithm, since it produced more consistent predictions due to the smaller differences between training and testing performance. Using a combination of Sentinel-2 and the two LiDAR data (UAV and ALS), Random Forest obtained an OA of 90.66% in training and of 91.80% in testing datasets. The differences in accuracy between the data sources used are much greater than between algorithms. LiDAR growth metrics calculated using point clouds in different dates and multispectral information from different seasons of the year are the most important variables in the classification. Our results support the essential role of UAVs in fuelbreak planning and management and thus, in the prevention of forest fires.

scholarly journals Using remote sensing data for environmental monitoring of water objects using GIS and machine learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 937 (2) ◽  
pp. 022051
Author(s):  
D Krivoguz ◽  
A Semenova ◽  
S Mal’ko
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Environmental Variable ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Water Ecosystems

Abstract The main way to understand variability of any spatial data using remote sensing is calculating spectral indices. For now, some difficulties have receiving water surface temperature due to specific properties for satellite sensors and low spatial resolution. The main sources of receiving salinity data are remote sensing data from ESA SMOS, NASA Aquarius and SMAP satellites. Using different machine learning algorithms, we can get models or equations, representing dependency between studied environmental variable and different spectral channels of remote monitoring data. After receiving and collecting remote sensing data in database this system uses machine learning algorithms to find dependency between collected field data and different spectral bands of the remote sensing data. Our goal was to form an analytical system based on remote sensors and machine learning algorithm to analyse, predict and evaluate water ecosystems for fisheries and environmental protection.

scholarly journals Machine Learning Algorithms for Automatic Lithological Mapping Using Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study from Souk Arbaa Sahel, Sidi Ifni Inlier, Western Anti-Atlas, Morocco

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imane Bachri ◽  
Mustapha Hakdaoui ◽  
Mohammed Raji ◽  
Ana Cláudia Teodoro ◽  
Abdelmajid Benbouziane
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
High Dimensional ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Landsat 8 Oli ◽  
Lithological Mapping ◽  
Sensing Data

Remote sensing data proved to be a valuable resource in a variety of earth science applications. Using high-dimensional data with advanced methods such as machine learning algorithms (MLAs), a sub-domain of artificial intelligence, enhances lithological mapping by spectral classification. Support vector machines (SVM) are one of the most popular MLAs with the ability to define non-linear decision boundaries in high-dimensional feature space by solving a quadratic optimization problem. This paper describes a supervised classification method considering SVM for lithological mapping in the region of Souk Arbaa Sahel belonging to the Sidi Ifni inlier, located in southern Morocco (Western Anti-Atlas). The aims of this study were (1) to refine the existing lithological map of this region, and (2) to evaluate and study the performance of the SVM approach by using combined spectral features of Landsat 8 OLI with digital elevation model (DEM) geomorphometric attributes of ALOS/PALSAR data. We performed an SVM classification method to allow the joint use of geomorphometric features and multispectral data of Landsat 8 OLI. The results indicated an overall classification accuracy of 85%. From the results obtained, we can conclude that the classification approach produced an image containing lithological units which easily identified formations such as silt, alluvium, limestone, dolomite, conglomerate, sandstone, rhyolite, andesite, granodiorite, quartzite, lutite, and ignimbrite, coinciding with those already existing on the published geological map. This result confirms the ability of SVM as a supervised learning algorithm for lithological mapping purposes.

scholarly journals Poverty Mapping in the Dian-Gui-Qian Contiguous Extremely Poor Area of Southwest China Based on Multi-Source Geospatial Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8717
Author(s):  
Yongming Xu ◽  
Yaping Mo ◽  
Shanyou Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Poor Area ◽  
Poverty Mapping

Accurate information on the spatial distribution of poverty is of great significance to the formulation and implementation of the government’s targeted poverty alleviation policy. Traditional poverty mapping is mainly based on household survey data and statistical data, which cannot describe the spatial distribution of poverty well. This paper presents a study of mapping the integrated poverty index (IPI) in the Dian-Gui-Qian contiguous extremely poor area of southwest China. Based on multiple independent spatial variables extracted from NPP/VIIRS nighttime light (NTL) remote sensing data, digital elevation model (DEM), land cover information, open street map, and city accessibility data, eight algorithms were employed and compared to determine the optimal model for IPI estimation. Among these machine learning algorithms, traditional multiple linear regression had the lowest accuracy compared with the other seven machine learning algorithms and XGBoost showed the best performance. Feature selection was performed to reduce overfitting and five variables were finally selected. The final developed XGBoost model achieved an MAE of 0.0454 and an R2 of 0.68. The IPI map derived from the developed XGBoost model characterized the spatial pattern of poverty in the Dian-Gui-Qian contiguous extremely poor area well, which provided a good reference for the poverty alleviation work and public resources allocation in the study area. This study can also serve as a template for poverty mapping in other areas using remote sensing data.

scholarly journals Autonomous Learning of New Environments with a Robotic Team Employing Hyper-Spectral Remote Sensing, Comprehensive In-Situ Sensing and Machine Learning

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2240
Author(s):  
David J. Lary ◽  
David Schaefer ◽  
John Waczak ◽  
Adam Aker ◽  
Aaron Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Data Points ◽  
In Situ Sensing

This paper describes and demonstrates an autonomous robotic team that can rapidly learn the characteristics of environments that it has never seen before. The flexible paradigm is easily scalable to multi-robot, multi-sensor autonomous teams, and it is relevant to satellite calibration/validation and the creation of new remote sensing data products. A case study is described for the rapid characterisation of the aquatic environment, over a period of just a few minutes we acquired thousands of training data points. This training data allowed for our machine learning algorithms to rapidly learn by example and provide wide area maps of the composition of the environment. Along side these larger autonomous robots two smaller robots that can be deployed by a single individual were also deployed (a walking robot and a robotic hover-board), observing significant small scale spatial variability.

scholarly journals Autonomous Learning of New Environments With a Robotic Team Employing Hyper-Spectral Remote Sensing, Comprehensive In-Situ Sensing and Machine Learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Lary ◽  
David Schaefer ◽  
John Waczak ◽  
Adam Aker ◽  
Aaron Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Autonomous Robots ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Data Points ◽  
In Situ Sensing

This paper describes and demonstrates an autonomous robotic team that can rapidly learn the characteristics of environments that it has never seen before. The flexible paradigm is easily scalable to multi-robot, multi-sensor autonomous teams, and is relevant to satellite calibration/validation and the creation of new remote sensing data products. A case study is described for the rapid characterisation of the aquatic environment, over a period of just a few minutes we acquired thousands of training data points. This training data allowed our machine learning algorithms to rapidly learn by example and provide wide area maps of the composition of the environment. Along side these larger autonomous robots two smaller robots that can be deployed by a single individual were also deployed (a walking robot and a robotic hover-board), observing significant small scale spatial variability.

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