OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGES

UNIVERSIDADPOLITÉCNICADEMADRIDESCUELATÉCNICASUPERIORDEINGENIEROSDEMONTESOBJECT-ORIENTEDANALYSISOFREMOTESENSINGIMAGESFORLANDCOVERMAPPING:CONCEPTUALFOUNDATIONSANDASEGMENTATIONMETHODTODERIVEABASELINEPARTITIONFORCLASSIFICATION1TESISDOCTORALGUILLERMOCASTILLACASTELLANOIngenierodeMontes20031TobecitedasCastilla,G.(2003)Object-orientedanalysisofRemoteSensingimagesforlandcovermapping:conceptualfoundationsandasegmentationmethodtoderiveabaselinepartitionforclassification.UnpublishedPh.D.Thesis.PolythecnicUniversityofMadrid.Madrid,Spain.ESCUELATÉCNICASUPERIORDEINGENIEROSDEMONTESDepartamentodeEconomíayGestióndelasExplotacioneseIndustriasForestalesOBJECT-ORIENTEDANALYSISOFREMOTESENSINGIMAGESFORLANDCOVERMAPPING:CONCEPTUALFOUNDATIONSANDASEGMENTATIONMETHODTODERIVEABASELINEPARTITIONFORCLASSIFICATIONAutorGuillermoCastillaCastellanoIngenierodeMontesDirectoresJoaquínSolanaGutiérrezDoctorIngenierodeMontesAgustínLoboAleuDoctorenBiología2003IIIIIIVTABLEOFCONTENTSPREFACE................................................................................................................................VIACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................................................................................................VIIIRESUMEN...............................................................................................................................XIABSTRACT.......................................................................................................................XXIIICHAPTER1:Introduction.........................................................................................................11.1.Introduction....................................................................................................................21.2.Thesisoverview..............................................................................................................41.3.Landcovermapping:frompapertoGIS........................................................................71.4.Landscapemodels,landcovermapsandtherealitybehind...........................................81.5.Theissueofscale.........................................................................................................101.6.TheroleofEarthObservationSatellitesinlandcovermapping..................................121.7.TheinformationcontentonlandcoverofEOdata.......................................................141.8.Theimpactofresolutionontheinformationcontent...................................................201.9.Anexample:informationonfloristiccompositionfromEOdata...............................231.10.AnalysingEOdatatoderiveinformationonlandcover.............................................271.11.Acritiquetopixel-basedimageclassification...........................................................291.12.ThequestforobjectorientationinRemoteSensing...................................................381.13.Motivation,objectivesandmaincontributions..........................................................48CHAPTER2:ConceptualFoundations....................................................................................522.1.Introductionandoverview............................................................................................532.2.Assumptions,conceptsanddefinitions.........................................................................542.2.1.Perceptualconstructivism......................................................................................542.2.2.Commonsenserealism...........................................................................................552.2.3.Prototipicalityofcategories...................................................................................552.2.4.Thebasiclevelofcognitivecategorisation............................................................562.2.5.TaxonomiesandPartonomies................................................................................572.2.6.Granularpartitions..................................................................................................582.2.7.Geographicobjects.................................................................................................612.2.8.Soritesvagueness...................................................................................................642.2.9.Supervaluationism..................................................................................................652.2.10.Theegg-yolkrepresentationofregionswithvagueboundaries..........................662.2.11.Theepsilon-bandmodelofpositionalboundaryerror.........................................662.2.12.Roughprojection..................................................................................................672.2.13.Roughlocation.....................................................................................................682.2.14.Roughzonation....................................................................................................692.2.15.Junctionsandarcs......................