scholarly journals Leveraging OSM and GEOBIA to Create and Update Forest Type Maps

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Melanie Brauchler ◽  
Johannes Stoffels
Keyword(s):  
Data Model ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Aerial Imagery ◽  
Leaf Type

Up-to-date information about the type and spatial distribution of forests is an essential element in both sustainable forest management and environmental monitoring and modelling. The OpenStreetMap (OSM) database contains vast amounts of spatial information on natural features, including forests (landuse=forest). The OSM data model includes describing tags for its contents, i.e., leaf type for forest areas (i.e., leaf_type=broadleaved). Although the leaf type tag is common, the vast majority of forest areas are tagged with the leaf type mixed, amounting to a total area of 87% of landuse=forests from the OSM database. These areas comprise an important information source to derive and update forest type maps. In order to leverage this information content, a methodology for stratification of leaf types inside these areas has been developed using image segmentation on aerial imagery and subsequent classification of leaf types. The presented methodology achieves an overall classification accuracy of 85% for the leaf types needleleaved and broadleaved in the selected forest areas. The resulting stratification demonstrates that through approaches, such as that presented, the derivation of forest type maps from OSM would be feasible with an extended and improved methodology. It also suggests an improved methodology might be able to provide updates of leaf type to the OSM database with contributor participation.

scholarly journals On the utilization of novel spectral laser scanning for three-dimensional classification of vegetation elements

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 20170039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhan Li ◽  
Michael Schaefer ◽  
Alan Strahler ◽  
Crystal Schaaf ◽  
David Jupp
Keyword(s):  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Biochemical Properties ◽  
Dual Wavelength ◽  
Wavelength Scanning ◽  
Spatial Attributes

The Dual-Wavelength Echidna Lidar (DWEL), a full waveform terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), has been used to scan a variety of forested and agricultural environments. From these scanning campaigns, we summarize the benefits and challenges given by DWEL's novel coaxial dual-wavelength scanning technology, particularly for the three-dimensional (3D) classification of vegetation elements. Simultaneous scanning at both 1064 nm and 1548 nm by DWEL instruments provides a new spectral dimension to TLS data that joins the 3D spatial dimension of lidar as an information source. Our point cloud classification algorithm explores the utilization of both spectral and spatial attributes of individual points from DWEL scans and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each attribute domain. The spectral and spatial attributes for vegetation element classification each perform better in different parts of vegetation (canopy interior, fine branches, coarse trunks, etc.) and under different vegetation conditions (dead or live, leaf-on or leaf-off, water content, etc.). These environmental characteristics of vegetation, convolved with the lidar instrument specifications and lidar data quality, result in the actual capabilities of spectral and spatial attributes to classify vegetation elements in 3D space. The spectral and spatial information domains thus complement each other in the classification process. The joint use of both not only enhances the classification accuracy but also reduces its variance across the multiple vegetation types we have examined, highlighting the value of the DWEL as a new source of 3D spectral information. Wider deployment of the DWEL instruments is in practice currently held back by challenges in instrument development and the demands of data processing required by coaxial dual- or multi-wavelength scanning. But the simultaneous 3D acquisition of both spectral and spatial features, offered by new multispectral scanning instruments such as the DWEL, opens doors to study biophysical and biochemical properties of forested and agricultural ecosystems at more detailed scales.

Spectral-Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Image Based on Support Vector Machine

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Weiwei Yang ◽  
Haifeng Song
Keyword(s):  
Support Vector Machine ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Hyperspectral Image ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Svm Classifier ◽  
Spatial Classification ◽  
Homogeneous Regions

Recent research has shown that integration of spatial information has emerged as a powerful tool in improving the classification accuracy of hyperspectral image (HSI). However, partitioning homogeneous regions of the HSI remains a challenging task. This paper proposes a novel spectral-spatial classification method inspired by the support vector machine (SVM). The model consists of spectral-spatial feature extraction channel (SSC) and SVM classifier. SSC is mainly used to extract spatial-spectral features of HSI. SVM is mainly used to classify the extracted features. The model can automatically extract the features of HSI and classify them. Experiments are conducted on benchmark HSI dataset (Indian Pines). It is found that the proposed method yields more accurate classification results compared to the state-of-the-art techniques.

scholarly journals Spatial–Spectral Fusion Based on Conditional Random Fields for the Fine Classification of Crops in UAV-Borne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lifei Wei ◽  
Ming Yu ◽  
Yanfei Zhong ◽  
Ji Zhao ◽  
Yajing Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Random Fields ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Conditional Random Fields ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing ◽  
Spectral Variation ◽  
Remote Sensing Imagery ◽  
Fine Classification

The fine classification of crops is critical for food security and agricultural management. There are many different species of crops, some of which have similar spectral curves. As a result, the precise classification of crops is a difficult task. Although the classification methods that incorporate spatial information can reduce the noise and improve the classification accuracy, to a certain extent, the problem is far from solved. Therefore, in this paper, the method of spatial–spectral fusion based on conditional random fields (SSF-CRF) for the fine classification of crops in UAV-borne hyperspectral remote sensing imagery is presented. The proposed method designs suitable potential functions in a pairwise conditional random field model, fusing the spectral and spatial features to reduce the spectral variation within the homogenous regions and accurately identify the crops. The experiments on hyperspectral datasets of the cities of Hanchuan and Honghu in China showed that, compared with the traditional methods, the proposed classification method can effectively improve the classification accuracy, protect the edges and shapes of the features, and relieve excessive smoothing, while retaining detailed information. This method has important significance for the fine classification of crops in hyperspectral remote sensing imagery.

scholarly journals Spectral-Spatial Joint Classification of Hyperspectral Image Based on Broad Learning System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
Guixin Zhao ◽  
Xuesong Wang ◽  
Yi Kong ◽  
Yuhu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Hyperspectral Image ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Spectral Features ◽  
Gaussian Filter ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Joint Classification

At present many researchers pay attention to a combination of spectral features and spatial features to enhance hyperspectral image (HSI) classification accuracy. However, the spatial features in some methods are utilized insufficiently. In order to further improve the performance of HSI classification, the spectral-spatial joint classification of HSI based on the broad learning system (BLS) (SSBLS) method was proposed in this paper; it consists of three parts. Firstly, the Gaussian filter is adopted to smooth each band of the original spectra based on the spatial information to remove the noise. Secondly, the test sample’s labels can be obtained using the optimal BLS classification model trained with the spectral features smoothed by the Gaussian filter. At last, the guided filter is performed to correct the BLS classification results based on the spatial contextual information for improving the classification accuracy. Experiment results on the three real HSI datasets demonstrate that the mean overall accuracies (OAs) of ten experiments are 99.83% on the Indian Pines dataset, 99.96% on the Salinas dataset, and 99.49% on the Pavia University dataset. Compared with other methods, the proposed method in the paper has the best performance.

Nachhaltigkeit im Wald – vor und hinter der Welle der Globalisierung | Sustainable Forest Management – In Front and Behind the Wave of Globalization

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (12) ◽  
pp. 502-507
Author(s):  
Christian Küchli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

Are there any common patterns in the transition processes from traditional and more or less sustainable forest management to exploitative use, which can regularly be observed both in central Europe and in the countries of the South (e.g. India or Indonesia)? Attempts were made with a time-space-model to typify those force fields, in which traditional sustainable forest management is undermined and is then transformed into a modern type of sustainable forest management. Although it is unlikely that the history of the North will become the future of the South, the glimpse into the northern past offers a useful starting point for the understanding of the current situation in the South, which in turn could stimulate the debate on development. For instance, the patterns which stand behind the conflicts on forest use in the Himalayas are very similar to the conflicts in the Alps. In the same way, the impact of socio-economic changes on the environment – key word ‹globalisation› – is often much the same. To recognize comparable patterns can be very valuable because it can act as a stimulant for the search of political, legal and technical solutions adapted to a specific situation. For the global community the realization of the way political-economic alliances work at the head of the ‹globalisationwave›can only signify to carry on trying to find a common language and understanding at the negotiation tables. On the lee side of the destructive breaker it is necessary to conserve and care for what survived. As it was the case in Switzerland these forest islands could once become the germination points for the genesis of a cultural landscape, where close-to-nature managed forests will constitute an essential element.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence in Fractured Dental Implant Detection and Classification: Evaluation Using Dataset from Two Dental Hospitals

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Dong-Woon Lee ◽  
Sung-Yong Kim ◽  
Seong-Nyum Jeong ◽  
Jae-Hong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Dental Implant ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Mechanical Complication ◽  
Radiographic Images ◽  
Acceptable Accuracy ◽  
Reliable Detection ◽  
Classification Evaluation ◽  
Accuracy Performance

Fracture of a dental implant (DI) is a rare mechanical complication that is a critical cause of DI failure and explantation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a three different deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) architectures (VGGNet-19, GoogLeNet Inception-v3, and automated DCNN) for the detection and classification of fractured DI using panoramic and periapical radiographic images. A total of 21,398 DIs were reviewed at two dental hospitals, and 251 intact and 194 fractured DI radiographic images were identified and included as the dataset in this study. All three DCNN architectures achieved a fractured DI detection and classification accuracy of over 0.80 AUC. In particular, automated DCNN architecture using periapical images showed the highest and most reliable detection (AUC = 0.984, 95% CI = 0.900–1.000) and classification (AUC = 0.869, 95% CI = 0.778–0.929) accuracy performance compared to fine-tuned and pre-trained VGGNet-19 and GoogLeNet Inception-v3 architectures. The three DCNN architectures showed acceptable accuracy in the detection and classification of fractured DIs, with the best accuracy performance achieved by the automated DCNN architecture using only periapical images.

scholarly journals An Imbalanced Image Classification Method for the Cell Cycle Phase

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Xin Jin ◽  
Yuanwen Zou ◽  
Zhongbing Huang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Image Classification ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Cycle Phase ◽  
Generative Adversarial Network ◽  
Adversarial Network ◽  
Cellular Life

The cell cycle is an important process in cellular life. In recent years, some image processing methods have been developed to determine the cell cycle stages of individual cells. However, in most of these methods, cells have to be segmented, and their features need to be extracted. During feature extraction, some important information may be lost, resulting in lower classification accuracy. Thus, we used a deep learning method to retain all cell features. In order to solve the problems surrounding insufficient numbers of original images and the imbalanced distribution of original images, we used the Wasserstein generative adversarial network-gradient penalty (WGAN-GP) for data augmentation. At the same time, a residual network (ResNet) was used for image classification. ResNet is one of the most used deep learning classification networks. The classification accuracy of cell cycle images was achieved more effectively with our method, reaching 83.88%. Compared with an accuracy of 79.40% in previous experiments, our accuracy increased by 4.48%. Another dataset was used to verify the effect of our model and, compared with the accuracy from previous results, our accuracy increased by 12.52%. The results showed that our new cell cycle image classification system based on WGAN-GP and ResNet is useful for the classification of imbalanced images. Moreover, our method could potentially solve the low classification accuracy in biomedical images caused by insufficient numbers of original images and the imbalanced distribution of original images.

scholarly journals Feature Extraction and Classification of Citrus Juice by Using an Enhanced L-KSVD on Data Obtained from Electronic Nose

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Cao ◽  
Chunmei Liu ◽  
Pengfei Jia
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Kernel Function ◽  
Electronic Nose ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Object Function ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Processed Products

Aroma plays a significant role in the quality of citrus fruits and processed products. The detection and analysis of citrus volatiles can be measured by an electronic nose (E-nose); in this paper, an E-nose is employed to classify the juice which is stored for different days. Feature extraction and classification are two important requirements for an E-nose. During the training process, a classifier can optimize its own parameters to achieve a better classification accuracy but cannot decide its input data which is treated by feature extraction methods, so the classification result is not always ideal. Label consistent KSVD (L-KSVD) is a novel technique which can extract the feature and classify the data at the same time, and such an operation can improve the classification accuracy. We propose an enhanced L-KSVD called E-LCKSVD for E-nose in this paper. During E-LCKSVD, we introduce a kernel function to the traditional L-KSVD and present a new initialization technique of its dictionary; finally, the weighted coefficients of different parts of its object function is studied, and enhanced quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (EQPSO) is employed to optimize these coefficients. During the experimental section, we firstly find the classification accuracy of KSVD, and L-KSVD is improved with the help of the kernel function; this can prove that their ability of dealing nonlinear data is improved. Then, we compare the results of different dictionary initialization techniques and prove our proposed method is better. Finally, we find the optimal value of the weighted coefficients of the object function of E-LCKSVD that can make E-nose reach a better performance.

scholarly journals Classification of SSVEP-based BCIs using Genetic Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamideh Soltani ◽  
Zahra Einalou ◽  
Mehrdad Dadgostar ◽  
Keivan Maghooli
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Dimension Reduction ◽  
Classification Accuracy ◽  
Bayesian Method ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Svm Classifier ◽  
Effective Dimension ◽  
Effective Dimension Reduction

AbstractBrain computer interface (BCI) systems have been regarded as a new way of communication for humans. In this research, common methods such as wavelet transform are applied in order to extract features. However, genetic algorithm (GA), as an evolutionary method, is used to select features. Finally, classification was done using the two approaches support vector machine (SVM) and Bayesian method. Five features were selected and the accuracy of Bayesian classification was measured to be 80% with dimension reduction. Ultimately, the classification accuracy reached 90.4% using SVM classifier. The results of the study indicate a better feature selection and the effective dimension reduction of these features, as well as a higher percentage of classification accuracy in comparison with other studies.

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