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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2011.27.2.075

Region-based Building Extraction of High Resolution Satellite Images Using Color Invariant Features  

Ko, A-Reum (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University)
Byun, Young-Gi (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Park, Woo-Jin (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University)
Kim, Yong-Il (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.27, no.2, 2011 , pp. 75-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a method for region-based building extraction from high resolution satellite images(HRSI) using integrated information of spectral and color invariant features without user intervention such as selecting training data sets. The purpose of this study is also to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method by applying to IKONOS and QuickBird images. Firstly, the image is segmented by the MSRG method. The vegetation and shadow regions are automatically detected and masked to facilitate the building extraction. Secondly, the region merging is performed for the masked image, which the integrated information of the spectral and color invariant features is used. Finally, the building regions are extracted using the shape feature for the merged regions. The boundaries of the extracted buildings are simplified using the generalization techniques to improve the completeness of the building extraction. The experimental results showed more than 80% accuracy for two study areas and the visually satisfactory results obtained. In conclusion, the proposed method has shown great potential for the building extraction from HRSI.
Keywords
Building extraction; Color invariant; High resolution Satellite images; Region-based segmentation; Region merging;
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