Journal
LAND
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10070731
Keywords
land use/land cover (LULC); LULC mapping; image classification; change detection
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This study proposes an alternative method for generating consistent Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) maps using supervised classification techniques applied to identified dynamics zones. The methodology uses Landsat images from 2011 and 2016 with various correction models and indices to achieve accurate and robust LULC mapping. The results show that the proposed method is viable, fully automatable, and visually superior to conventional methods.
Land cover is crucial for ecosystems and human activities. Therefore, monitoring land cover changes has become relevant in recent years. This study proposes an alternative method based on conventional change detection techniques combined with maximum likelihood (MaxLike) supervised classification of satellite images to generate consistent Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) maps. The novelty of this method is that the supervised classification is applied in an earlier stage of change detection exclusively to identified dynamics zones. The LULC categories of the stable zones are acquired from an initial date's previously elaborated base map. The methodology comprised the use of Landsat images from 2011 and 2016, applying the Sun Canopy Sensor (SCS + C) topographic correction model enhanced through the classification of slopes, using derived topographic corrected images with NDVI, and employing Tasseled Cap (TC) Brightness-Greenness-Wetness indices and Principal Components (PCs). The study incorporated a comparative analysis of the consistency of the LULC mapping, which is generated based on control areas. The results show that the proposed method, although slightly laborious, is viable and fully automatable. The generated LULC map is accurate and robust and achieves a Kappa concordance index of 87.53. Furthermore, the boundary consistency was visually superior to the conventional classified map.
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