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| Author(s): |
Simoes, Rolf
[1]
;
Camara, Gilberto
[1]
;
Queiroz, Gilberto
[1]
;
Souza, Felipe
[1]
;
Andrade, Pedro R.
[1]
;
Santos, Lorena
[1]
;
Carvalho, Alexandre
[2]
;
Ferreira, Karine
[1]
Total Authors: 8
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| Affiliation: | [1] Natl Inst Space Res INPE, Ave Astronautas 1758, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] SBS, Natl Inst Appl Econ Res, Quadra 1 Bloco J, BR-70076900 Brasilia, DF - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | REMOTE SENSING; v. 13, n. 13 JUL 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 6 |
| Abstract | |
The development of analytical software for big Earth observation data faces several challenges. Designers need to balance between conflicting factors. Solutions that are efficient for specific hardware architectures can not be used in other environments. Packages that work on generic hardware and open standards will not have the same performance as dedicated solutions. Software that assumes that its users are computer programmers are flexible but may be difficult to learn for a wide audience. This paper describes sits, an open-source R package for satellite image time series analysis using machine learning. To allow experts to use satellite imagery to the fullest extent, sits adopts a time-first, space-later approach. It supports the complete cycle of data analysis for land classification. Its API provides a simple but powerful set of functions. The software works in different cloud computing environments. Satellite image time series are input to machine learning classifiers, and the results are post-processed using spatial smoothing. Since machine learning methods need accurate training data, sits includes methods for quality assessment of training samples. The software also provides methods for validation and accuracy measurement. The package thus comprises a production environment for big EO data analysis. We show that this approach produces high accuracy for land use and land cover maps through a case study in the Cerrado biome, one of the world's fast moving agricultural frontiers for the year 2018. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/08398-6 - E-Sensing: big earth observation data analytics for land use and land cover change information |
| Grantee: | Gilberto Camara Neto |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - eScience and Data Science Program - Thematic Grants |