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Development of a land use/cover monitoring system using satellite images

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dc.contributor.advisor Puswewala, UGA
dc.contributor.author Jayakody, JAS
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-13T04:50:03Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-13T04:50:03Z
dc.date.issued 2004
dc.identifier.citation Jayawardana, S.A.U. (2004). Development of a land use/cover monitoring system using satellite images [Master's theses, University of Moratuwa]. Institutional Repository University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19053
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19053
dc.description.abstract Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System are modem tools for ecosystem management. Remotely sensed data gives convenient and rapid solutions to problems in a variety of applications. Land is limited, and vital as it is the main provider of important natural resources. The fast growing human population has created many problems, due to the increasing demands for food, water, shelter and fuel. Thus such socio-economic factors often dictate how land is used regionally. Land use affects land cover and in turn, changes in land cover affect land use. Thus land plays a major role in any development process. In tropical countries, due to the impact of human beings, the rates of change in vegetation cover and land use are high. Hence frequent updating of land use maps is necessary to provide the information needed by planners and politicians. The main objective of this research is to investigate the possibility of using different remote sensing satellite images for developing a land use/cover monitoring system. This research is carried out in an area of approximately 400 square kilometres in the southern part of Sri Lanka. Imageries of SPOT, IRS and Landsat satellites are used. Different colour combinations are prepared and false colour composite images are used for image processing. Maximum likelihood method is used for image classification and the overall accuracy of the classifications is more than 90%. Using this classification, change detection matrices are developed to give changes for every land use class considered. A primary problem encountered in the study area is the mixed pixels. It is difficult to separate crop land from residential area, as some people reside in houses within the cultivated area. Filtering techniques can only partially remedy this problem. In order to monitor the land use/cover, image differencing method is applied and the extent of the detected changes in terms of pixels or hectares is calculated. A procedure is proposed as the land use/cover monitoring system using satellite images. Under this monitoring system, the extent of land use/cover changes can be computed by using different satellite images with varied spatial and spectral ranges.certainty. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject MONITORING SYSTEM-LAND USE en_US
dc.subject USING SATELLITE IMAGES en_US
dc.title Development of a land use/cover monitoring system using satellite images en_US
dc.type Thesis-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.degree Master of Philosophy en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Earth Resources Engineering en_US
dc.date.accept 2004
dc.identifier.accno 82551 en_US


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