Usando ENVI para

extraer elementos
importantes desde
imgenes satelitales y
datos LiDAR
Cherie Muleh
Cherie.Muleh@exelisvis.com

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cting Building Features from LiDAR + Optical

daConsideration
of Data Availability and Usage
>
Feature Extraction Methods
>
Applying Methods to Extract Building Features
>
Future
Prospects for Building Feature Extraction
>

Abundance of Geospatial Data from which to

ract Features and Information
Data Types
> Color/IR Orthophotos
> Multi/Hyperspectral
> LiDAR
> SAR
Platforms
> Aerial
> Spaceborne
> Terrestrial

Prospects for future data

> Commercial UAVs

ng Remotely Sensed Data as a Source for Feat

ery is not just a base map, but a source of rich informat

geospatial analysts can use to solve complex problems
> Provide data availability over broad

and inaccessible areas

> Improve timeliness of data acquisition

> Potentially greater accuracy

> Automated feature extraction for

reduction in manual digitization

> Advanced geospatial analysis using

spectral image properties

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Limitations or
Opportunities,
Given the Data Type
Features of Interest
> Vehicles
> Transportation
Networks
> Structures
> Natural Features
> Human Activity

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Needs for Feature Extraction
> Increased availability of high-

resolution images
> Manual digitization
> Semi-automated solution is
highly desired

Applications
> Defense and Security
> Transportation
> Urban planning and mapping

Object-Based Image Analysis

What
An
objectisisan
a region
of interest with
object?
spatial, spectral (brightness and color),
and/or texture characteristics that define
the region
Pixels are grouped into objects, instead
of single pixel analysis

May provide increased accuracy and

detail for classification purposes

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Pixel by Pixel
Image

1.0

Water

Pixels

0.5

Refectance

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Group materials based on their

refectance response per pixel

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1.0

Veg

0.5

0.0
1.0
0.0

Soil

Band

> (+) Good for large area-based FX with low-med

resolution data
0.5
> (-) Poor edge detection without good spectral/spatial resolution;

challenging for building extraction

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ct-based Image Analysis

Image
Pixels

Segmented
Objects

Merged
Segmented
Objects

Complex
Building
Features

Computer vision technique involving image segmentation

Objects are classified into feature classes based contextual
ttributes: spatial, textural and spectral
Yields accurate building extraction; results and can be model-based

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Understanding an Operational Landscape

or Planning and Risk Identification

Land use planning
Zoning, taxation
> Structure inventory
> Material Identification

For Post-event Response

> Disaster assessment
> Response planning
monitoring
> Reconstruction
Buildings are key foundational
data layers for GIS and critical
o decision analytics

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cting Features from LiDAR Point Clouds

re identification: 3D point cloud visualization

nual process, but familiar and expedient

res interpreted from

ative raster products
DSM
ti-step process
eatures
extracted
from Point Clouds
ture delineations
from
Requires
thicker
point clouds
rpolated
height
values
Based on
3Dobject-based
morphological
e results
with
FX filters
Proprietary or custom algorithms

DEM

Height Model

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mbining Optical and LiDAR Data for Decision Support

Objective:
> Efficiently extract building footprints
Use imagery to glean information about the structures that
will provide situational awareness

Process:
> 3D Feature Extraction from hi-res LiDAR to
capture building footprints
> Conduct image processing routines using
buildings as regions of interest
Combine the best of
what LiDAR and image
processing have to offer

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e Advanced 3D Algorithms to Process LiDAR Data

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LiDAR Extraction Vector and Raster Products

Classified Point Cloud
Trees
> Location, Elevation, Height, Radius
Buildings

> Location, Perimeter Vectors, Roof Face

Vectors

Power Lines
> Power Line Vectors, Power Pole List, Power
Line Attachment Points
Terrain
> Digital Surface Model (Grid and TIN),
Digital Elevation Model, Ground contours
Valuable GIS
Data Layers

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age Building Footprints and Elevation Products

mine Height Model

ter data for additional
essing/awareness of
Building
Vectors
cts
in the area
DSM
> Immediate asset inventory
> AOIs for additional processing

DEM

Height Model

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e Analysis Methods Using LiDAR-derived Products

raphic Modeling
raster height model
to
determine
roof
Spectral
Analysis
e&
buildings FX to Height Model
> aspect
Apply on
object-based
multi/hyperspectral
imagery, using building
footprint ROIs
> Capture additional spectral,
textural, spatial attributes
for additional analysis
opportunities
Spectral Image

ROI

ROI

Roof Angle and Slop

Roof Composition

ure Perspective: Building Feature Extraction

er Data, Better Tools, Better Analysis Results

mproved Point Cloud FX

Denser data
MSI/HSI Spectral attribution
Improved algorithms

mproved Object-Based FX
Better quality imagery
Better OBIA models

D Visualizations & Modeling

Photorealism & accuracy

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