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Road network extraction in VHR SAR images of urban and suburban areas by means of class-aided feature-level fusion

  • Karin Hedman
  • , Uwe Stilla
  • , Gianni Lisini
  • , Paolo Gamba
  • Technical University of Munich
  • University of Pavia

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose to combine two road extractors from very high resolution synthetic aperture radar scenes: one more successful in rural areas and one explicitly designed for urban areas. In order to get the best combination of both, a rapid mapping filter for discriminating rural and urban scenes is utilized. Finally, the results are fused on a feature level and connected by means of a network optimization. The approach is tested and evaluated on TerraSAR-X data containing complex urban areas and urban-rural fringe scenes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2025123
Pages (from-to)1294-1296
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume48
Issue number3 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • Markov random field (MRF)
  • Rapid mapping
  • Road extraction
  • TerraSAR-X

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