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Land cover classification with an expert system approach using Landsat ETM imagery: a case study of Trabzon

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The main objective of this study is to generate a knowledge base which is composed of user-defined variables and included raster imagery, vector coverage, spatial models, external programs, and simple scalars and to develop an expert classification using Landsat 7 (ETM+) imagery for land cover classification in a part of Trabzon city. Expert systems allow for the integration of remote-sensed data with other sources of geo-referenced information such as land use data, spatial texture, and digital elevation model to obtain greater classification accuracy. Logical decision rules are used with the various datasets to assign class values for each pixel. Expert system is very suitable for the work of image interpretation as a powerful means of information integration. Landsat ETM data acquired in the year 2000 were initially classified into seven classes for land cover using a maximum likelihood decision rule. An expert system was constructed to perform post-classification sorting of the initial land cover classification using additional spatial datasets such as land use data. The overall accuracy of expert classification was 95.80%. Individual class accuracy ranged from 75% to 100% for each class.

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  1. State Airports Authority (DHMI), Trabzon, Turkey

    Oguzhan Kahya

  2. Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Bulent Bayram

  3. Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Aksaray Engineering Faculty, Nigde University, Aksaray, Turkey

    Selcuk Reis

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Kahya, O., Bayram, B. & Reis, S. Land cover classification with an expert system approach using Landsat ETM imagery: a case study of Trabzon. Environ Monit Assess 160, 431–438 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0707-6

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