Multispectral Satellite Image Understanding

Multispectral Satellite Image Understanding Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive review of image processing methods, for the analysis of land use in residential areas. Combining a theoretical framework with highly practical applications, the book describes a system for the effective detection of single houses and streets in very high resolution. Topics and features:

• with a Foreword by Prof. Dr. Peter Reinartz of the German Aerospace Center
• provides end-of-chapter summaries and review questions
• presents a detailed review on remote sensing satellites
• examines the multispectral information that can be obtained from satellite images, with a focus on vegetation and shadow-water indices
• investigates methods for land-use classification, introducing precise graph theoretical measures over panchromatic images
• addresses the problem of detecting residential regions
• describes a house and street network-detection subsystem
• concludes with a summary of the key ideas covered in the book