Building knowledge-based systems for detecting man-made structures from remotely sensed imagery

31 March 1988

journal article
Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Vol. 324 (1579) , 423-435
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1988.0030

Abstract

In this paper we review and discuss several emerging themes in the area of imageinterpretation for automated cartography and digital mapping. Our primary observations are that the detection, interpretation, and analysis of man-made structures by remotely sensed imagery requires the integration of spatial knowledge with image-analysis and interpretation techniques. General knowledge of structural and spatial layouts for man-made structures, as well as a priori map knowledge, can be expected to constrain search during image analysis. Spatial databases consisting of geographically referenced facts should form the basis of a priori knowledge necessary to perform interpretation and have a dual role as the repository of partially compiled facts acquired during scene-analysis.

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