Title
Learning-Based Superresolution Land Cover Mapping
Abstract
Superresolution mapping (SRM) is a technique for generating a fine-spatial-resolution land cover map from coarse-spatial-resolution fraction images estimated by soft classification. The prior model used to describe the fine-spatial-resolution land cover pattern is a key issue in SRM. Here, a novel learning-based SRM algorithm, whose prior model is learned from other available fine-spatial-resolution land cover maps, is proposed. The approach is based on the assumption that the spatial arrangement of the land cover components for mixed pixel patches with similar fractions is often similar. The proposed SRM algorithm produces a learning database that includes a large number of patch pairs for which there is a fine- and coarse-spatial-resolution representation for the same area. From the learning database, patch pairs that have similar coarse-spatial-resolution patches as those in the input fraction images are selected. Fine-spatial-resolution patches in these selected patch pairs are then used to estimate the latent fine-spatial-resolution land cover map by solving an optimization problem. The approach is illustrated by comparison against state-of-the-art SRM methods using land cover map subsets generated from the USA's National Land Cover Database. Results show that the proposed SRM algorithm better maintains the spatial pattern of land covers for a range of different landscapes. The proposed SRM algorithm has the highest overall accuracy and kappa values in all of these SRM algorithms, by using the entire maps in the accuracy assessment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/TGRS.2016.2527841
IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Learning database,neighboring patches,patch pairs,superresolution mapping (SRM)
Common spatial pattern,Algorithm design,Remote sensing,Pixel,Superresolution,Land cover,Image resolution,Optimization problem,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
PP
99
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
28
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
F. Ling193.40
F. Ling293.40
Yihang Zhang3868.80
Xiaodong Li417116.82