Alfred Stein, Gao Wenxiu , Salma Anwar
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Quantifying the changes in land use in developing countries using remote sensing: challenges and solutionsAlfred Stein, Gao Wenxiu, Salma Anwar
Alfred Stein, [email protected]
Salma Anwar, [email protected]
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Developing countries have specific problems Data availability can be poor, the areas are big but sometimes
inaccessible There is much to be gained from earth observation satellites Problems can be specific Solutions can be drawn from spatial statistics
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Le menu du jour Use of modern techniques leads to novel ways
of mapping Differences with existing methods can be big Automatic procedures may lead to odd
situations that have to be resolved Spatial statistics may lead to tools and
methods that can be of use to improve automation
There is the common story:
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The common story
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Mathematics
Statistics
Problem
Data
Solution
Reporting
Premier platLanduse change in china
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Land use change in China
In China there are different classification systems for land use
There is land owned by many owners A main concern is the updating of existing maps Classifications may have changed: object oriented
classification in stead of pixel based classification Increasingly satellite images are used for the purpose
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Land use in ChinaLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3
Agriculture Land (1) Arable land (11) Irrigable land (111)
Dry land (114)
Garden plot (12) Orchard (121)
Tea plantation (123)
Wood lnd (13) Woodland (131)
Sparsely forested woodland (133)
Other land (15) Pond for irrigation (154)
Pond for vegetation (155)
Construction land (2) Building area (20) Residential in rural areas (203)
Industrial and mining land (204)
Unused land (3) Unused land (31) Wasted land (311)
Exposed rock and shingle land (316)
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Two Landuse Maps
A traditional land-use map An image-derived land-use map
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Improving Representation of Land-use Maps Derived from Object-oriented Image Classification Intention: derive the vector landuse map from image
with OO image Problems:
For individual polygons: small, congested and twisted polygons exist with step-like boundaries.
For a group of polygons: geometric conflicts between polygons (e.g. unreadable small areas and narrow corridors)
Unclassified polygons Methodology:
Map generalization combining with a polygon similarity model and spectral information from images.
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Problems in an OO image-derived Landuse Map (1) Individual polygons:
Congested polygons Twisted polygons Narrow corridors Step-like boundaries.
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Problems in OO image-derived Landuse Map (2) A group of polygons:
Geometric conflicts Unreadable small
areas Narrow corridors
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Methodology
A framework for improving representation of OO image-derived land-use maps.
Polygon similarity model Outward-inward-buffering Elimination of small polygons
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The Framework
Resolve problematic polygons
Final land-use map
Manipulate unclassified polygons
Original image-derived land-use map
Resolve geometric conflicts- Eliminate small polygons- Resolve narrow-corridor conflicts- Smoothen boundaries of polygons
Evaluate optimized output
Preliminary optimized output
Detect problematic polygons
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Spectral similarity
Spectral similarity (SP) quantifies the degree of resemblance in spectral characteristics of Pi and Pk and is calculated as the difference between their spectral values.
The spectral values are described as the standard deviation of DN values the pixels covered by a polygon (brightness). Brightness contains the spectral characteristics of different layers of the image.
A lower SP value corresponds with more similar spectral characteristics of two polygons.
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Semantic similarity Semantic similarity (SE) measures the equivalence in land-use of
Pi and Pk
It is determined by the relationship between land-use classes of Pi and Pk based on a hierarchical land-use classification system:
n: nr of class levels in the land-use classification system. Vl = 1 if Pi and Pk belong to the same land-use class at the lth
level, and 0 otherwise. If Vl = 1 and l > 1, then V1 =…= Vl-1 = Vl =1 and Vl+1 = …=Vn =0. A larger SE value corresponds with a closer semantic
relationship.
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Semantic similarity: some cases The land-use classes of Pi and Pk are identical at l = 3, e.g. the
both polygons belong to Class I. Then V1 = V2 = V3 = 1, and thus SE = 2.
The land-use classes of Pi and Pk are different at l = 3, e.g. Pi belongs to Class 1 and Pk belongs to Class 2, but they belong to the same class A at Level 2. Then V1 = V2 = 1, V3 = 0, and thus SE = 1.
The land-use classes of Pi and Pk differ at Levels 2 and 3, e.g. Pi belongs to Class A and Pk belongs to Class B, but they belong to the same class (e.g. Class II) at Level 1. Then V1 = 1 and V2 =V3 = 0, and thus SE = 1/3.
The land-use classes of Pi and Pk are different at all levels, e.g. Pi belongs to Class I and Pk one belongs to Class X. Then SE = 0.
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Geometric similarity Geometric similarity (GE) measures the resemblance in shape (size,
perimeter) characteristics SIi of Pi and SIk of Pk. For eliminating a small polygon Pi, GE equals the ratio of the length of the
sharing boundaries Pi with its neighbor polygon Pk to its perimeter. This shape index quantifies the difference in shape between a polygon and the circle with the same area.
The small polygon is merged with its neighbor with the largest GE value. Thus the possibility is eliminated of introducing new narrow-corridor conflicts when eliminating the small polygon.
For unclassified polygons, GE adopts the difference in the shape index of two polygons as
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Polygon similarity model
Polygon similarity (S) is defined as the degree of similarity of two polygons depending on their contextual characteristics. Spectral characteristics (SP) Semantic characteristics (SE) geometric characteristics (GE)
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Eliminate small polygons
Basic solution: merged with the neighbor with the highest polygon similarity
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Outward-inward-buffering
To resolve narrow-corridor conflicts existing in polygons.
Basic rationale: an outward-buffering process (dilation process) + an inward-buffering process (erosion process)
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Improved Map
image-derived land-use map at 1:10000
image-derived land-use map at 1:50000
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We notice…
Well developed spatial statistical techniques are able to resolve emerging problems in new classification procedures
Further optimization is to be done Automating updating steps is receiving a new flavor There is room for a further (probabilistic) approach
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Seconde platDeforestation in the Amazonian
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Selective Logging
In the Brazilian Amazonia, selective logging is a major source of forest degradation
Detection and analysis of selective logging is an important challenge to forest researchers
Log-landing sites serve as proxy for selective logging activities Spatial point pattern statistics may serve as an important tool for
analyzing patterns of log-landing sites
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Landsat Image
ISODATA Classification
Linear Spectra Unmixing
Forest/Non Forest Mask
Soil Fraction Image
Forest Soil Fraction Image
Binary Classification
Log Landing Locations
Selectively Logged Forest Map
Buffer application
Manual Editing
0, soil fraction < 20%1, soil fraction > 20%
Grouping of 1-4 pixels
Selective Logging Detection
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Study area
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Map of log-landings (2000)
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Point pattern statistics
First order characteristics
where dx is a small region located at x of the log-landing pattern X, |dx| being its area and N(dx) is the number of log-landings in dx
Second order characteristics
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Distance summary functions Nearest neighbor distance distribution function
Empty space distance distribution function
The J-function
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Stationarity: all properties of a pattern remain invariant under translation (constant density)
Non-stationarity: configuration of the pattern depends on the locations (variable density) variability due to environmental heterogeneity interactions between the points
In case of non-stationarity: Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods (MCMC) become computationally extensive
Stationarity vd. Non-stationarity
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Estimation of the intensity function and choice of the kernel bandwidth
Intensity function is generally unknown and estimated non-parametrically using kernel smoothing
Suitable choice of kernel bandwidth is the main challenge in estimation of the intensity function
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kernel size=10kernel size=30kernel size=40kernel size=50Kernel density estimate with kernel size=10 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=20 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=30 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=40 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=50 km
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Observations
A larger value of kernel bandwidth r reduces the interaction distance between the log-landing sites, thus reducing the effective range of interaction distance r over which the J-function is calculated.
As the value of r increases beyond its effective range, the simulated envelopes span over wider range and relative noise in the simulated envelopes also increases.
Relative noise in the calculated J-function also increases beyond the effective range of r
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Map of loglandings (2001)
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kernel size=10kernel size=20kernel size=30kernel size=40Kernel density estimate with kernel size=20 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=30 km
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Kernel density estimate with kernel size=40 km
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To summarize
The presented visual and graphical methods provide a useful tool to get an insight into the spatial characteristics of log-landings distribution.
Spatial statistics was useful for analysis and interpretation of the pattern of log-landing sites.
The inhomogeneous J-functions helps to infer the type and ranges of interaction using non-parametric form of intensity.
The selective logging operations are strongly aggregated with in the study area
The appropriates bandwidth increased from 20 to 30 km within a single year, indicating an increase in the extent of the clustering of log-landing sites.
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Further work
Fitting a spatial point pattern model to explain the clustered pattern of log-landing sites in terms of related environmental and geographic factors
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Le desertA new scientific journal
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A new journal
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The history
First ideas date back from 2007 Aims and scope were defined A key word analysis was done
2007 – 2010: discussing it @ Elsevier Reluctance because of the economic crisis Reluctance because of increasing e-journals and internet There was a recent journal in a related area: Spatial and Spatio-Temporal
Epidemiology, Andrew Lawson editor in chief No new journals
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Then, in 2010…
We had the idea for a conference to check the support Elsevier organized the meeting Conference took place in Enschede, in 2011 It was a great success (> 300 participants) This convinced Elsevier that it was a good idea to continue I was formally invited to become the ed-in-chief The first issue appeared in 2012, containing a wide range of publications The second issue is in press
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Aims and scope (1)
The aim of the journal is to be the leadingjournal in the field of spatial statistics.
It publishes articles at the highest scientific levelconcerning important and timely developments inthe theory and applications of spatial and spatio-temporalstatistics.
It favors manuscripts that present theory generated by new applications, or where new theory is applied to an important spatial problem.
A purely theoretical study will only rarely be acceptable without a proper application, whereas a single case study is not acceptable for publication.
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Aims and scope (2)
Spatial statistics concerns the quantitative analysis ofspatial data, including their dependencies and uncertainties.
The extension to spatio-temporal statistics includes thetime dimension as well.
The three major groups of data are covered: lattice data that are collected on a predefined lattice geostatistical data that represent continuous spatial variation spatial point data that are observed at random locations.
These types of data have their logical extension into the space-time domain, where the relations remain similar, but estimation may be different.
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Aims and scope (3)
Methodology for spatial statistics is found in probability,stochastics and mathematical statistics as well as ininformation science.
Typical applications are mapping of the data,issues of spatial data quality,modeling the dependency structure anddrawing valid inference on the basis of a limited set of data.
Applications of spatial statistics occur in a broad range of disciplines: agriculture, geology, soils, hydrology, the environment, ecology, mining, oceanography, forestry, air quality, remote sensing, but also in social/economic fields like spatial econometrics, epidemiology and disease mapping.
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The future (4)
We are looking for good papers! To report your science To communicate your findings To have feedback from colleagues
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The end
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