Mapping Rural Areas with Widespread Plastic Covered Vineyards Using True Color Aerial Data
Open Access
- 26 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Remote Sensing
- Vol. 4 (7), 1913-1928
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs4071913
Abstract
Plastic covering is used worldwide to protect crops against damaging growing conditions. This agricultural practice raises some controversial issues. While it significantly impacts on local economic vitality, plasticulture also shows several environmental affects. In the Apulia Region (Italy) the wide-spreading of artificial plastic coverings for vineyard protection has showed negative consequences on the hydrogeological balance of soils as well as on the visual quality of rural landscape. In order to monitor and manage this phenomenon, a detailed site mapping has become essential. In this study an efficient object-based classification procedure from Very High Spatial Resolution (VHSR) true color aerial data was developed on eight test areas located in the Ionian area of the Apulia Region in order to support the updating of the existing land use database aimed at plastic covered vineyard monitoring.Keywords
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