A Comparative Study of Texture Measures for Terrain Classification.

Abstract

Three standard approaches to automatic texture classification make use of features based on the Fourier power spectrum, on gray level co-occurrences, and on statistics of local properties, respectively. In this paper, features of these types are applied to a set of 54 picture samples taken from aerial photographs of nine terrain types (Lake, Marsh, Orchard, Railroad, Scrub, Suburb, Swamp, Urban, and Woods). Classification results are compared for individual features and pairs of features within each feature class. In general, the Fourier based features performed poorest, while those based on statistics of gray level differences performed best.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012905

Entities

People

  • Azriel Rosenfeld
  • Joan S. Weszka

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Automatic
  • Classification
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Power Spectra
  • Railroads
  • Spectra
  • Standards
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.