AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY: A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

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  • A. Maas
  • M. Alrajhi
  • A. Alobeid
  • C. Heipke

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  • Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11-16
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
Volume42
Issue number1/W1
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2017
EventISPRS Hannover Workshop 2017 on High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information, HRIGI 2017, City Models, Roads and Traffic , CMRT 2017, Image Sequence Analysis, ISA 2017, European Calibration and Orientation Workshop, EuroCOW 2017: HRIGI - High-Resolution Earth Imaging for Geospatial Information, CMRT - City Models, Roads and Traffic, ISA - Image Sequence Analysis, EuroCOW - European Calibration and Orientation Workshop - Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Duration: 6 Jun 20179 Jun 2017

Abstract

Updating topographic geospatial databases is often performed based on current remotely sensed images. To automatically extract the object information (labels) from the images, supervised classifiers are being employed. Decisions to be taken in this process concern the definition of the classes which should be recognised, the features to describe each class and the training data necessary in the learning part of classification. With a view to large scale topographic databases for fast developing urban areas in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we conducted a case study, which investigated the following two questions: (a) which set of features is best suitable for the classification?; (b) what is the added value of height information, e.g. derived from stereo imagery? Using stereoscopic GeoEye and Ikonos satellite data we investigate these two questions based on our research on label tolerant classification using logistic regression and partly incorrect training data. We show that in between five and ten features can be recommended to obtain a stable solution, that height information consistently yields an improved overall classification accuracy of about 5%, and that label noise can be successfully modelled and thus only marginally influences the classification results.

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AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY: A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. / Maas, A.; Alrajhi, M.; Alobeid, A. et al.
In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, Vol. 42, No. 1/W1, 30.05.2017, p. 11-16.

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Maas, A, Alrajhi, M, Alobeid, A & Heipke, C 2017, 'AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY: A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA', International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, vol. 42, no. 1/W1, pp. 11-16. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-11-2017
Maas, A., Alrajhi, M., Alobeid, A., & Heipke, C. (2017). AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY: A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 42(1/W1), 11-16. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-11-2017
Maas A, Alrajhi M, Alobeid A, Heipke C. AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY: A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 2017 May 30;42(1/W1):11-16. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-W1-11-2017
Maas, A. ; Alrajhi, M. ; Alobeid, A. et al. / AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY : A CASE STUDY FOR URBAN AREAS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 2017 ; Vol. 42, No. 1/W1. pp. 11-16.
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