Research Article

Investigation of the Performance of Different Pixel-Based Classification Methods in Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Determination

Volume: 3 Number: 1 June 15, 2021
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Investigation of the Performance of Different Pixel-Based Classification Methods in Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Determination

Abstract

With the development of photogrammetry and remote sensing techniques, data collection has become easier. However, due to the large size of the data collected, extracting meaningful data from the data set has become a popular topic. Nowadays, the development of digital image processing techniques has contributed to the determination of land cover land use (LCLU) through digital images. In this study, a supervised classification was made over the orthophoto view to distinguish different land object classes in a campus area. The purpose of the study is to examine the performance of the three popular supervised classification techniques that are maximum likelihood, minimum distance, and mahalanobis distance methods. In the study, a confusion matrix was produced, and overall accuracy and overall kappa were calculated with manually generated ground truth data. According to results, the highest overall accuracy was calculated for maximum likelihood classification with a rate of 84.5 % and the minimum distance method has the lowest overall accuracy (43%). The research denotes that due to the lack of spectral information the supervised classification methods generate omission and commission errors. This fact has a direct effect on overall accuracy calculation.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 15, 2021

Submission Date

November 22, 2020

Acceptance Date

January 11, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Polat, N., & Kaya, Y. (2021). Investigation of the Performance of Different Pixel-Based Classification Methods in Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Determination. Türkiye İnsansız Hava Araçları Dergisi, 3(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.51534/tiha.829656

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