Image Analysis

doi:10.1117/3.2234477.ch7

Image Analysis

Book: Remote Sensing from Air and Space, Second Edition

Author(s): R. C. Olsen

Published: 2016

https://doi.org/10.1117/3.2234477.ch7

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Abstract

The previous chapters discussed imaging technology and remote-sensing systems. Once the data reach the ground, the next step is to extract information from the images. We’ll begin with traditional photo-interpretation techniques, then move on to the manipulation of digital data. There are two techniques involved in image processing for remote sensing: enhancing images for presentation and extracting information. Most work at the pixel level, and many make use of scene statistics. If the data inhabit more than one spectral dimension (that is, if they have color), then a broad range of techniques can exploit their spectral character and extract information. Traditional image analysis makes use of certain key elements of recognition, ten of which are developed here. The first four—shape, size, shadow, and height—are related to the geometry of objects in the scene.