scholarly journals An Investigation on Land Cover Mapping Capability of Classical and Fuzzy based Maximum Likelihood Classifiers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivakumar B R ◽  
Rajashekararadhya S V
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Distance Measure ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Remote Sensor ◽  
Mixed Pixels ◽  
Overlapping Classes

In the past two decades, a significant amount of research has been conducted in the area of information extraction from heterogeneous remotely sensed (RS) datasets. However, it is arduous to exactly predict the behaviour of the classification technique employed due to issues such as the type of the dataset, resolution of the imagery, the presence of mixed pixels, and spectrally overlapping of classes. In this paper, land cover classification of the heterogeneous dataset using classical and Fuzzy based Maximum Likelihood Classifiers (MLC) is presented and compared. Three decision parameters and their significance in pixel assignment is illustrated. The presented Fuzzy based MLC uses a weighted inverse distance measure for defuzzification process. 10 pixels were randomly selected from the study area to illustrate pixel assignment for both the classifiers. The study aims at enhancing the classification accuracy of heterogeneous multispectral remote sensor data characterized by spectrally overlapping classes and mixed pixels. The study additionally aims at obtaining classification results with a confidence level of 95% with ±4% error margin. Classification success rate was analysed using accuracy assessment. Fuzzy based MLC produced significantly higher classification accuracy as compared to classical MLC. The conducted research achieves the expected classification accuracy and proves to be a valuable technique for classification of heterogeneous RS multispectral imagery. 

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ADVANCED LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS USING SENTINEL-2 DATA

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-5 ◽  
pp. 665-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Nivedita Priyadarshini ◽  
M. Kumar ◽  
S. A. Rahaman ◽  
S. Nitheshnirmal
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Unsupervised Classification ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Sentinel 2A

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Land Use/ Land Cover (LU/LC) is a major driving phenomenon of distributed ecosystems and its functioning. Interpretation of remote sensor data acquired from satellites requires enhancement through classification in order to attain better results. Classification of satellite products provides detailed information about the existing landscape that can also be analyzed on temporal basis. Image processing techniques acts as a platform for analysis of raw data using supervised and unsupervised classification algorithms. Classification comprises two broad ranges in which, the analyst specifies the classes by defining the training sites called supervised classification where as automatically clustering of pixels to the defined number of classes namely the unsupervised classification. This study attempts to perform the LU/LC classification for Paonta Sahib region of Himachal Pradesh which is a major industrial belt. The data obtained from Sentinel 2A, from which the stacked bands of 10<span class="thinspace"></span>m resolution are only used. Various classification algorithms such as Minimum Distance, Maximum Likelihood, Parallelepiped and Support Vector Machine (SVM) of supervised classifiers and ISO Data, K-Means of unsupervised classifiers are applied. Using the applied classification results, accuracy assessment is estimated and compared. Of these applied methods, the classification method, maximum likelihood provides highest accuracy and is considered to be the best for LU/LC classification using Sentinel-2A data.</p>

scholarly journals Isolation Forests to Evaluate Class Separability and the Representativeness of Training and Validation Areas in Land Cover Classification

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 3000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Alonso-Sarria ◽  
Carmen Valdivieso-Ros ◽  
Francisco Gomariz-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Random Forest ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Land Cover Classification ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Commission Errors ◽  
Class Separability ◽  
Isolation Forest

Supervised land cover classification from remote sensing imagery is based on gathering a set of training areas to characterise each of the classes and to train a predictive model that is then used to predict land cover in the rest of the image. This procedure relies mainly on the assumptions of statistical separability of the classes and the representativeness of the training areas. This paper uses isolation forests, a type of random tree ensembles, to analyse both assumptions and to easily correct lack of representativeness by digitising new training areas where needed to improve the classification of a Landsat-8 set of images with Random Forest. The results show that the improved set of training areas after the isolation forest analysis is more representative of the whole image and increases classification accuracy. Besides, the distribution of isolation values can be useful to estimate class separability. A class separability parameter that summarises such distributions is proposed. This parameter is more correlated to omission and commission errors than other separability measures such as the Jeffries–Matusita distance.

scholarly journals Time Series Analysis Using Digital Classification of Data on Land Use and Land Cover in Dohuk Governorate

2021 ◽  
Vol 910 (1) ◽  
pp. 012124
Author(s):  
Mohammed Younis Salim ◽  
Narmin Abduljaleel Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Error Matrix ◽  
Ndvi Index ◽  
Open Forests ◽  
Soil And Water

Abstract This study deals with the analysis and detection of changes in land cover patterns and land uses, especially forests in Amadiya district in Dohuk Governorate. It carred out in northern of Iraq by area is (2775.21) km2 and the district is located astronomically between longitudes (01/04 ° 43), (17/08 ° 44), it extends between two circles of latitude, which are (16/50 ° 36) and ('30.'21 ° 37) north, during the periods (1999-2006-2013-2019). Application of the Supervised Classification and the detection of change over time in a comparative manner and by relying on the satellite images of the Land sat ETM satellite were used. The Landsat OLI satellite with a distinctive capacity of 30 meters in the Arc map 10.6.1 program, and one of the indicators of environmental degradation in the land cover patterns, which is the NDVI index for all study periods, was used to reveal the role of natural and human factors that lead to changes in the land cover patterns in the study area. The classification revealed the existence of five types of common land cover, which included dense forests, open forests, urban areas, bare soil and water, which showed clear changes in these land coverings during the period from 1999 to 2019, which were represented by a decrease in forests, bare soil and water by a percentage of (54.76601%), (5.212329%), (2.149469%) respectively, while the Dense and urban areas by (16.35919%) and (21.51301%) in 2019, respectively. The classification accuracy of the Spatial indication was estimated based on the error matrix from there we found that the accuracy was (93.29%) this indicates that the classification accuracy is very good It is acceptable and can relied upon and recommended for classification.

scholarly journals Accuracy Evaluation and Consistency Analysis of Four Global Land Cover Products in the Arctic Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Liang ◽  
Qingsheng Liu ◽  
Gaohuan Liu ◽  
He Li ◽  
Chong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Global Land Cover ◽  
Global Land ◽  
The Arctic Region

Land cover is a fundamental component of crucial importance in the earth sciences. To date, many excellent international teams have created a variety of land cover products covering the entire globe. To provide a reference for researchers studying the Arctic, this paper evaluates four commonly used land cover products. First, we compare and analyze the four land cover products from the perspectives of land cover type, distribution and spatial heterogeneity. Second, we evaluate the accuracy of such products by using two sets of sample points collected from the Arctic region. Finally, we obtain the spatial consistency distribution of the products by means of superposition analysis. The results show the following: (a) among the four land cover products, Climate Change Initiative Land Cover (CCI-LC) has the highest overall accuracy (63.5%) in the Arctic region, GlobeLand30 has an overall accuracy of 62.2% and the overall accuracy of the Global Land Cover by the National Mapping Organization (GLCNMO) is only 48.8%. When applied in the Arctic region, the overall accuracy of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is only 29.5% due to significant variances. Therefore, MODIS and GLCNMO are not recommended in Arctic-related research as their use may lead to major errors. (b) An evaluation of the consistency of the four products indicates that the classification of the large-scale homogeneous regions in the Arctic yields satisfactory results, whereas the classification results in the forest–tundra ecotone are unsatisfactory. The results serve as a reference for future research. (c) Among the four products, GlobeLand30 is the best choice for analyzing finely divided and unevenly distributed surface features such as waters, urban areas and cropland. Climate Change Initiative Land Cover (CCI-LC) has the highest overall accuracy, and its classification accuracy is relatively higher for forests, shrubs, sparse vegetation, snow/ice and water. GlobeLand30 and CCI-LC do not vary much from each other in terms of overall accuracy. They differ the most in the classification accuracy of shrub-covered land; CCI-LC performed better than GlobeLand30 in the classification of shrub-covered land, whereas the latter obtained higher accuracy than that of the former in the classification of urban areas and cropland.

Method for land cover classification accuracy assessment considering edges

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 2318-2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Liu ◽  
Xin Cao ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
XueHong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Accuracy Assessment ◽  
Land Cover Classification

scholarly journals DEVELOPING A LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION OF SALT MARSHES USING UAS TIME-SERIES IMAGERY AND AN OPEN SOURCE WORKFLOW

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W8 ◽  
pp. 155-162
Author(s):  
D. J. Myers ◽  
C. M. Schweik ◽  
R. Wicks ◽  
F. Bowlick ◽  
M. Carullo
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Tide ◽  
Land Cover Classification ◽  
Image Stack ◽  
Time Point

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Salt marsh ecology classification is difficult using traditional coarse resolution remote sensing techniques. Salt marshes exhibit a spatial pattern of vegetation zonation that are visually identifiable using imagery that has an improved 0.04 meter per pixel resolution. This project applies high resolution unmanned aerial system (UAS) imagery to aid in multi-temporal classification of our study area (Horseneck Beach) in Westport, Massachusetts, USA. We flew a DJI Phantom Pro 3 at low- and high-tide to capture effects the changing tide has on vegetation in an effort to predict effects of the rising sea level on saline plant species. We implement an open source software workflow using OpenDroneMap and the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin for QGIS to create the necessary orthomosaics and to conduct vegetation classification required of this project. We compare land cover classifications using one-time-point RGB imagery to a multi-time-point (low tide, high tide) RGB image stack to investigate whether the multi-time point stack improves land cover classification accuracy. We find it does. More generally, this paper provides a model for others wishing to use low-cost UAS equipment carrying a simple low-cost RGB camera, and free and open source for geospatial (FOSS4G) tools, to develop multi-band image stacks to improve land cover classification accuracy. Further, we provide some reflections and technical notes on our experience. The approach we present here could be extended to include other image layers that UAS can provide when equipped with other sensors, such as multi-spectral (e.g., NIR, thermal), or by adding another band with photogrammetry-produced digital elevation data.</p>

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