Accuracy comparison of Quickbird, Landsat TM and SPOT 5 imagery for 'Lantana camara' mapping

Title
Accuracy comparison of Quickbird, Landsat TM and SPOT 5 imagery for 'Lantana camara' mapping
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Taylor, Subhashni
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-0901
Email: btaylo26@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:btaylo26
Kumar, Lalit
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-756X
Email: lkumar@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lkumar
Reid, Nick
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4377-9734
Email: nrei3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nrei3
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific
Place of publication
Singapore
DOI
10.1080/14498596.2011.623345
UNE publication id
une:9829
Abstract
The distribution of an invasive species, 'Lantana camara' L., was mapped using Landsat TM, SPOT 5 and Quickbird imagery with the maximum likelihood supervised classification method. The cost-effectiveness of the three different kinds of imagery was also evaluated. Landsat TM multi-spectral (MS) imagery provided an overall accuracy of 85.1 percent and a kappa coefficient of 0.78, while SPOT 5 imagery gave an overall accuracy of 84.9 percent and a kappa value of 0.77. Landsat TM was suitable for detecting dense infestations of lantana. Quickbird showed an overall accuracy of 84 percent and a kappa coefficient of 0.76. Spectral resolution and band position were more important than spatial resolution in classifying lantana accurately and the most cost-effective option was provided by Landsat TM with no significant difference in overall accuracies between the three types of imagery.
Link
Citation
Journal of Spatial Science, 56(2), p. 241-252
ISSN
1836-5655
1449-8596
Start page
241
End page
252

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