Iranian Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS

Iranian Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS

Object based interpretation of high spatial remote sensing images based on knowledge-based systems

Document Type : علمی - پژوهشی

Authors
Abbas Kiani 1
Hamid Ebadi 2
Hekmat allah Khanlou 3
1 Geomatics Engineering Faculty, K.N.Toosi University of Technology
2 Professor in Geomatics Engineering Faculty, K.N.Toosi University of Technology
3 Department of Geomatics Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
Abstract
Land cover classification in remote sensing imagery is one of the most widely used spatial information extraction methods, which can facilitate generating object imagery classes of the ground surface in order to automate and accelerate meeting the basic needs of management, organization, and exploitation of the environment. Due to the similar behavior of pixels, remote-sensing image classification using merely the spectral and textural information would lead to inefficiency in the classification. In fact, in classification process, objects are commonly identified using spectral properties of image pixels. If the spatial and conceptual properties are also considered, it causes to a better distinction between image classes and closes the machine process to human interpretation and adds to the system's performance. The present research is mainly focused on the use of interactive segmentation and interpretation processes with respect to the geometry of the image classes. The accuracy of the results have improved by introducing the knowledge-based rules to control and regulate the interactive process, taking into account the geometric properties of target classes. To evaluate the efficiency of the proposed method, the results were evaluated and compared with some of the other methods on IRS satellite images in an urban area. The results showed that geometric and conceptual features as a complementary information source, improve classification results in the urban area with heterogeneous spectral effects. Overall, the proposed hybrid technique improved overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient by 8% and 11.5%, respectively.
Keywords
Classification
High spatial image
Knowledge based system
Object based interpretation
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