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Urban Mapping Using Coarse SAR and Optical Data: Outcome of the 2007 GRSS Data Fusion Contest

TitreUrban Mapping Using Coarse SAR and Optical Data: Outcome of the 2007 GRSS Data Fusion Contest
Type de publicationJournal Article
Nouvelles publications2008
AuteursPacifici, F., F. Del Frate, W. J. Emery, P. Gamba, and J. Chanussot
JournalIEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Volume5
Fascicule3
Pagination331 - 335
Année de publication2008
Numéro1545-598X
Mots clésAD 2007, coarse optical data, coarse SAR data, data fusion, European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS), geophysical signal processing, GRSS Data Fusion Contest, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Data Fusion Technical Committee, image classification, land use-land cover map extraction, Landsat, mapping accuracy, multisource coarse resolution data set, multitemporal resolution data set, neural nets, neural networks (NNs), pre-postprocessing enhanced neural classification, satellite sensors, sensor fusion, spaceborne radar, synthetic aperture radar, terrain mapping, urban mapping, urban remote sensing
Résumé

The 2007 data fusion contest that was organized by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Data Fusion Technical Committee was dealing with the extraction of a land use/land cover maps in and around an urban area, exploiting multitemporal and multisource coarse-resolution data sets. In particular, synthetic aperture radar and optical data from satellite sensors were considered. Excellent indicators for mapping accuracy were obtained by the top teams. The best algorithm is based on a neural classification enhanced by preprocessing and postprocessing steps.