The latest breed of very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellites opens new possibilities
for cartographic and remote-sensing applications. In fact, one of the most common …

Knowledge about forest road networks is essential for sustainable forest management and
fire management. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a new hierarchical …

Obtaining information on the distribution of rural landscape types is an active research topic
within Spanish rural studies. This paper presents a new hierarchical object‐based …

Beijing is one of the most developed cities in China and has experienced a series of
environmental problems. In accordance with the Major Function Zone planning, Beijing is …

Detailed urban land-cover maps are essential information for sustainable planning. Land-
cover maps assist planners in designing strategies for the optimisation of urban ecosystem …

The latest breed of very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellites opens new possibilities
for cartographic and remote sensing applications. In fact, one of the most common …

Encouraged by the EU INSPIRE directive requirements and recommendations, the Walloon
authorities, similar to other EU regional or national authorities, want to develop operational …

Object-based image analysis (OBIA) has become an established way to detect
imperviousness and other land cover classes from very high resolution (VHR) multispectral …

Lidar technology has become an important data source in 3D terrain modelling. In Spain, the
National Plan for Aerial Orthophotography will soon release public low-density lidar data …

High-resolution satellite images offer abundant information on the Earth's surface for remote-
sensing applications. The traditional pixel-based image classification method only used by …