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

Author(s)
Taylor, Subhashni
Kumar, Lalit
Reid, Nick
Publication Date
2011
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.
Citation
Journal of Spatial Science, 56(2), p. 241-252
ISSN
1836-5655
1449-8596
Link
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific
Title
Accuracy comparison of Quickbird, Landsat TM and SPOT 5 imagery for 'Lantana camara' mapping
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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