Title :
BREC: The Built-up area RECognition tool
Author :
Gamba, Paolo ; Acqua, Fabio Dell ; Lisini, Gianni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents the overall structure and some examples of use for BREC (Building RECognition tool) software, developed by the Remote Sensing Group at the University of Pavia. The software allows detecting the characteristics of built-up areas at different scales, from urban extent delineation to individual building recognition, depending on the remote sensing data in input and their spatial resolution. A set of different tools for classification, feature extraction, and data fusion at the feature level have been developed and can be suitably combined to achieve the best results. All of them have been optimized for the analysis of urban areas and human settlements, and can be applied to both optical and radar images.
Keywords :
building; feature extraction; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; image classification; remote sensing; sensor fusion; BREC; Building RECognition tool software; Remote Sensing Group; University of Pavia; building recognition; built-up areas; data fusion; feature extraction; human settlements; image classification; optical images; radar images; remote sensing; urban extent delineation; Buildings; Character recognition; Feature extraction; Humans; Image analysis; Laser radar; Remote sensing; Software tools; Spatial resolution; Urban areas;
Conference_Titel :
Urban Remote Sensing Event, 2009 Joint
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3460-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3461-9
DOI :
10.1109/URS.2009.5137593
