Geospatial Approach for the Analysis of Forest Cover Change Detection using Machine Learning
Abstract
Spatial data classification is famous over recent years in order to extract knowledge and insights into the data. It occurs because vast experimentation was used with various classifiers, and significant improvement was examined in accuracy and performance. This study aimed to analyze forest cover change detection using machine learning. Supervised and unsupervised learning methods were used to analyze spatial data. A Vector machine was used to support the supervised learning, and a neural network method was used to support unsupervised learning. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used to identify the bands and extract pixel information relevant to the vegetation. The supervised method shows better results because of its robust performance and better analysis of spatial data classification using vegetation index. The proposed system experimentation was implemented by analyzing the results obtained from Support Vector Machine (SVM) and NN (Neural Network) methods. It is demonstrated in the results that the use of NDVI mainly enhances the performance and increases the classifier's accuracy to a greater extent.
Keywords: Spatial data; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; NDVI;Vegetation index, Support Vector Machine; Neural Network; Forest Cover Change
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Mahmon, N. A., & Ya'acob, N. (2014). A review on classification of satellite image using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). In 2014 IEEE 5th Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium (pp. 153-157). IEEE.
Mirici, M. E., Satir, O., & Berberoglu, S. (2020). Monitoring the mediterranean type forests and land-use/cover changes using appropriate landscape metrics and hybrid classification approach in eastern mediterranean of turkey. Environmental Earth Sciences, 79(21) doi:10.1007/s12665-020-09239-1.
Murad, C. A., & Pearse, J. (2018). Landsat study of deforestation in the amazon region of colombia: Departments of caquetá and putumayo. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 11, 161-171. doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2018.07.003.
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Zurqani, H. A., Post, C. J., Mikhailova, E. A., Cope, M. P., Allen, J. S., & Lytle, B. A. (2020). Evaluating the integrity of forested riparian buffers over a large area using LiDAR data and google earth engine. Scientific Reports, 10(1) doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69743-z.
Published
2020-12-30
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REDDY, R. Sanjeeva; BABU, G. Anjan; REDDY, A. Rama Mohan.
Geospatial Approach for the Analysis of Forest Cover Change Detection using Machine Learning.
Geosfera Indonesia, [S.l.], v. 5, n. 3, p. 335-351, dec. 2020.
ISSN 2614-8528.
Available at: <https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/GEOSI/article/view/20157>. Date accessed: 24 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.19184/geosi.v5i3.20157.
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