| Abstract: | Most land cover maps generated from Landsat imagery involve classification of a wide variety of land cover types, whereas some studies may only need spatial information on a single cover type. For example, we required a map of corn in order to estimate exposure to agricultural chemicals for an environmental epidemiology study. Traditional classification techniques, which require the collection and processing of costly ground reference data, were not feasible for our application because of the large number of images to be analyzed. We present a new method that has the potential to automate the classification of corn from Landsat satellite imagery, resulting in a more timely product for applications covering large geographical regions. Our approach uses readily available agricultural areal estimates to enable automation of the classification process resulting in a map identifying land cover as ‘highly likely corn,‘ ‘likely corn‘ or ‘unlikely corn.‘ To demonstrate the feasibility of this approach, we produced a map consisting of the three corn likelihood classes using a Landsat image in south central Nebraska. Overall classification accuracy of the map was 92.2% when compared to ground reference data. ?? 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70026878 |
| Citation Author: | Maxwell, S. K.; Nuckols, J. R.; Ward, M. H.; Hoffer, R. M. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | 54 |
| Citation Issue: | 1 |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Computers and Electronics in Agriculture |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | 12 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | |
| Citation Series: | |
| Citation Series Code: | |
| Citation Series Number: | |
| Citation Search Results Text: | An automated approach to mapping corn from Landsat imagery; 2004; Article; Journal; Computers and Electronics in Agriculture; Maxwell, S. K.; Nuckols, J. R.; Ward, M. H.; Hoffer, R. M. |
| Citation Start Page: | 43 |
| Citation Volume: | 43 |
| Citation Year: | 2004 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | An automated approach to mapping corn from Landsat imagery; 2004; Article; Journal; Computers and Electronics in Agriculture; Maxwell, S. K.; Nuckols, J. R.; Ward, M. H.; Hoffer, R. M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2003.09.001 |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 2004 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | |
