A Comparison of Change Detection Methods in an Urban Environment Using LANDSAT TM and ETM+ Satellite Imagery: A Multi-Temporal, Multi-Spectral Analysis of Gwinnett County, GA 1991-2000

Land cover change detection in urban areas provides valuable data on loss of forest and agricultural land to residential and commercial development. Using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (1991) and Landsat 7 ETM+ (2000) imagery of Gwinnett County, GA, change images were obtained using image differencing o...

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Main Author: DiGirolamo, Paul Alrik
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2006
Subjects:
PCA
Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/anthro_theses/18
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=anthro_theses