CLASSIFICATION OF SLUM AREAS USING IKONOS IMAGES: VIABILITY OF USING THE OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION APPROACH

Authors

  • Eliane A. ESTEVAM Departamento de Cartografia/ Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/ Universidade Estadual Paulista.
  • Erivaldo A. SILVA Departamento de Cartografia/ Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/ Universidade Estadual Paulista.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.22654

Keywords:

slums, object-based classification, eCognition, IKONOS II images.

Abstract

The growth of large cities is usually accelerated and disorganized, which causes social, economical and infrastructural conflicts and frequently, occupation in illegal areas. For a better administration of these areas, the public manager needs information about their location. This information can be obtained through land utilization and land cover maps, where orbital images of remote sensing are used as one of the most traditional sources of data. In this context, the present work tested the applicability of the object-based classification to categorize two slum areas, taking into account the structure of the streets, size of the huts, distance between the houses, among other parameters. These area combinations of physical aspects were analyzed using the image IKONOS II and the software eCognition. Slum areas tend to be, to the contrary of the planned areas, disarranged, with narrow streets, small houses built with a variety of materials and without definition of blocks. The results of land cover classification for slum areas are encouraging because they are accurate and little ambiguous in the classification process. Thus, it would allow its utilization by urban managers.

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Published

2010-08-31

How to Cite

ESTEVAM, E. A., & SILVA, E. A. (2010). CLASSIFICATION OF SLUM AREAS USING IKONOS IMAGES: VIABILITY OF USING THE OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION APPROACH. Pesquisas Em Geociências, 37(2), 133–142. https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.22654