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MONITORING THE SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION AND LAND COVER/USE CHANGES OF THE BŁĘDÓW DESERT (POLAND) USING GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES

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Szostak M., Wężyk P., Hawryło P., Puchała M.

Quaestiones Geographicae

2016

vol. 35

issue 3

5-13

The role of image classification based on multi-source, multi-temporal and multi-resolution remote sensed data is on the rise in the environmental studies due to the availability of new satellite sensors, easier access to aerial orthoimages and the automation of image analysis algorithms. The remote sensing technology provides accurate information on the spatial and temporal distribution of land use and land cover (LULC) classes. The presented study focuses on LULC change dynamics (especially secondary forest succession) that occurred between 1974 and 2010 in the Błędów Desert (an area of approx. 1210 ha; a unique refuge habitat – NATURA 2000; South Poland). The methods included: photointerpretation and on screen digitalization of KH-9 CORONA (1974), aerial orthoimages (2009) and satellite images (LANDSAT 7 ETM+, 1999 and BlackBridge – RapidEye, 2010) and GIS spatial analyses. The results of the study have confirmed the high dynamic of the overgrowth process of the Błędów Desert by secondary forest and shrub vegetation. The bare soils covered 19.3% of the desert area in 1974, the initial vegetation and bush correspondingly 23.1% and 30.5%. In the years 2009/2010 the mentioned classes contained: the bare soils approx. 1.1%, the initial vegetation– 8.7% and bush – 15.8%. The performed classifications and GIS analyses confirmed a continuous increase in the area covered by forests, from 11.6% (KH-9) up to 24.2%, about 25 years later (LANDSAT 7) and in the following 11 years, has shown an increase up to 35.7% (RapidEye 2010).

Using Geobia and Data Fusion Approach for Land use and Land Cover Mapping

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Wężyk P., Hawryło P., Szostak M., Pierzchalski M., De Kok R.

Quaestiones Geographicae

2016

vol. 35

issue 1

93-104

Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) maps play an important role in an environmental modelling, and for many years efforts have been made to improve and streamline the expensive mapping process. The aim of the study was to create LULC maps of three selected water catchment areas in South Poland using a Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) in order to highlight the advantages of this innovative, semi-automatic method of image analysis. the classification workflow included: multi-stage and multi-scale analyses based on a data fusion approach. Input data consisted mainly of BlackBridge (RapidEye) high resolution satellite imagery, although for distinguishing particular LULC classes, additional satellite images (LANDSAT TM5) and GIS-vector data were used. Accuracy assessment of GEOBIA classification results varied from 0.83 to 0.87 (kappa), depending on the specific catchment area. The main recognized advantages of GEOBIA in the case study were: performing of multi-stage and multi-scale image classification using different features for specific LULC classes and the ability to using knowledge-based classification in conjunction with the data fusion approach in an efficient and reliable manner.

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2 Quaestiones Geographicae

2 Hawryło P.

2 Szostak M.

2 Wężyk P.

1 De Kok R.

1 Pierzchalski M.

1 Puchała M.

2 2016

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MONITORING THE SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION AND LAND COVER/USE CHANGES OF THE BŁĘDÓW DESERT (POLAND) USING GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES

Using Geobia and Data Fusion Approach for Land use and Land Cover Mapping