Title :
Land cover to habitat map translation: Disambiguation rules based on Earth Observation data
Author :
Adamo, M. ; Tarantino, C. ; Kosmidou, Vasiliki ; Petrou, Zisis ; Manakos, I. ; Lucas, Richard M. ; Tomaselli, V. ; Mucher, Casper A. ; Blonda, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Intell. Syst. for Autom. (ISSIA), Bari, Italy
Abstract :
Earth Observation (EO) images have been extensively used to provide a synoptic view of land cover/use (LC/LU) patterns and land cover/use changes. Land covers are not as clearly relatable to biodiversity in comparison to habitat classifications which can provide more scope for biodiversity monitoring. The main purpose of the paper is to provide an automatic general framework for translating LC maps (in LCCS taxonomy) into habitat maps (in GHC taxonomy) by means of VHR remote sensing data.
Keywords :
geophysical image processing; image classification; land cover; land use; terrain mapping; EO images; Earth Observation data; LC-LU changes; LC-LU patterns; LCCS taxonomy; VHR remote sensing data; biodiversity; disambiguation rules; habitat classification; land cover to habitat map translation; land use; synoptic view; Biodiversity; Earth; Europe; Indexes; Monitoring; Taxonomy; Vegetation mapping; EO data; Habitat; Land Cover;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723663
