A framework of region-based spatial relations for non-overlapping features and its application in object based image analysis |
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| Authors: | Yu Liu Qinghua Guo Maggi Kelly |
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| Institution: | aInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;bSchool of Engineering, University of California at Merced, P.O. Box 2039, Merced, CA 95344, USA;cDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, Geospatial Imaging and Informatics Facility, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA |
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| Abstract: | Object based image analysis (OBIA) is an approach increasingly used in classifying high spatial resolution remote sensing images. Object based image classifiers first segment an image into objects (or image segments), and then classify these objects based on their attributes and spatial relations. Numerous algorithms exist for the first step of the OBIA process, i.e. image segmentation. However, less research has been conducted on the object classification part of OBIA, in particular the spatial relations between objects that are commonly used to construct rules for classifying image objects and refining classification results. In this paper, we establish a context where objects are areal (not points or lines) and non-overlapping (we call this “single-valued” space), and propose a framework of binary spatial relations between segmented objects to aid in object classification. In this framework, scale-dependent “line-like objects” and “point-like objects” are identified from areal objects based on their shapes. Generally, disjoint and meet are the only two possible topological relations between two non-overlapping areal objects. However, a number of quasi- topological relations can be defined when the shapes of the objects involved are considered. Some of these relations are fuzzy and thus quantitatively defined. In addition, we define the concepts of line-like objects (e.g. roads) and point-like objects (e.g. wells), and develop the relations between two line-like objects or two point-like objects. For completeness, cardinal direction relations and distance relations are also introduced in the proposed context. Finally, we implement the framework to extract roads and moving vehicles from an aerial photo. The promising results suggest that our methods can be a valuable tool in defining rules for object based image analysis. |
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| Keywords: | Region-based spatial relations Single-valued space Object based image analysis |
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