IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Optimal Methodology for Detecting Land Cover Change in a Forestry, Lakeside Environment Using NAIP Imagery

Optimal Methodology for Detecting Land Cover Change in a Forestry, Lakeside Environment Using NAIP Imagery
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Xiaomin Qiu (Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, Springfield, USA), Dexuan Sha (Department of Geography and Geo-Information Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA)and Xuelian Meng (Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Pages: 23
Source title: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Donald Patrick Albert (Sam Houston State University, USA)and Samuel Adu-Prah (Sam Houston State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/IJAGR.2019010102

Purchase

View Optimal Methodology for Detecting Land Cover Change in a Forestry, Lakeside Environment Using NAIP Imagery on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Mapping land cover change is useful for various environmental and urban planning applications, e.g. land management, forest conservation, ecological assessment, transportation planning, and impervious surface control. As the optimal change detection approaches, algorithms, and parameters often depend on the phenomenon of interest and the remote sensing imagery used, the goal of this study is to find the optimal procedure for detecting urban growth in rural, forestry areas using one-meter, four-band NAIP images. Focusing on different types of impervious covers, the authors test the optimal segmentation parameters for object-based image analysis, and conclude that the random tree classifier, among the six classifiers compared, is most optimal for land use/cover change detection analysis with a satisfying overall accuracy of 87.7%. With continuous free coverage of NAIP images, the optimal change detection procedure concluded in this study is valuable for future analyses of urban growth change detection in rural, forestry environments.

Related Content

Mehrnaz Khademian, Rick Bunch. © 2024. 23 pages.
Dhanjit Deka, Jyoti Prasad Das, Madine Hazarika, Debashree Borah. © 2024. 25 pages.
Daniel D. Shults, John W. Nowlin, Joseph H. Massey, Michele L. Reba. © 2024. 22 pages.
Donald P. Albert. © 2023. 3 pages.
Henry N. N. Bulley, Oludunsin T. Arodudu, Esther A. Obonyo, Aniko Polo-Akpisso, Esther Shupel Ibrahim, Yazidhi Bamutaze. © 2023. 23 pages.
Karen Keller Kesler, Rick Bunch. © 2023. 22 pages.
Elaf A. Alyasiri, James L. Wilson, Ryan D. James. © 2023. 22 pages.
Body Bottom