Title
An Open-Source Semi-Automated Processing Chain for Urban Object-Based Classification.
Abstract
This study presents the development of a semi-automated processing chain for urban object-based land-cover and land-use classification. The processing chain is implemented in Python and relies on existing open-source software GRASS GIS and R. The complete tool chain is available in open access and is adaptable to specific user needs. For automation purposes, we developed two GRASS GIS add-ons enabling users (1) to optimize segmentation parameters in an unsupervised manner and (2) to classify remote sensing data using several individual machine learning classifiers or their prediction combinations through voting-schemes. We tested the performance of the processing chain using sub-metric multispectral and height data on two very different urban environments: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in sub-Saharan Africa and Liege, Belgium in Western Europe. Using a hierarchical classification scheme, the overall accuracy reached 93% at the first level (5 classes) and about 80% at the second level (11 and 9 classes, respectively).
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3390/rs9040358
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
OBIA,land cover,supervised classification,segmentation,optimization,GRASS GIS
Data mining,Segmentation,Multispectral image,Remote sensing,Classification scheme,Automation,Software,Geology,Land cover,Python (programming language),Grass gis
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
4
2072-4292
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.61
17
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
T. Grippa1315.70
Moritz Lennert2316.37
Benjamin Beaumont380.61
Sabine Vanhuysse4317.72
Nathalie Stephenne580.61
Eléonore Wolff6517.90