Physically-based segmentation of the Western Carpathians (Central Europe)
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- Subject Areas
- Computational Science, Spatial and Geographic Information Science
- Keywords
- multiresolution segmentation, DEM, geomorphometry, object-based image analysis, geomorphological mapping, morphotectonic development
- Copyright
- © 2018 Bandura et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2018. Physically-based segmentation of the Western Carpathians (Central Europe) PeerJ Preprints 6:e27083v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27083v1
Abstract
Results of a physically-based methodology to delineate morphometrical-morphostructural subdivision of the Western Carpathian region (Central Europe) from DEMs and their derivatives are presented. Previous suitability evaluation of an object-oriented methodology showed its potential in recognition of morphostructural features. In this study we moved towards a more complex object-oriented approach – fusion of segmentation and classification on several hierarchical levels. In addition, physicallybased geomorphometric variables were used as input data, resulting in enhancement of subsequent morphotectonic interpretations. Decrease of local variance of the delineated objects in comparison with simple segmentations without these upgrades confirms the efficiency of our approach.
Author Comment
This paper was presented at the Geomorphometry 2018 conference in Boulder, CO in August 2018.