Improving Super-Resolution Mapping by Combining Multiple Realizations Obtained Using the Indicator-Geostatistics Based Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. IGSRM
3. Method
3.1. Combination of Multiple Super-Resolution Realizations Using the CMR
3.2. Refinement Using PPS
3.3. Method Evaluation
4. Experimental Results
4.1. Example 1: Urban Area
4.2. Example 2: Agricultural Area
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Methods | Scale Factors | Thematic Accuracy (%) | Geometric Accuracy (%) | ||||
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OA | AD | QD | EE | SE | |||
IGSRM 1 | 3 | 90.64 | 9.36 | 0.00 | 21.50 | 14.88 | |
5 | 85.19 | 14.81 | 0.00 | 35.50 | 17.74 | ||
7 | 80.69 | 19.31 | 0.00 | 45.88 | 18.93 | ||
9 | 76.86 | 23.14 | 0.00 | 53.75 | 20.27 | ||
M-SRM 2 | 3 | 96.98 | 2.71 | 0.31 | 14.05 | 8.67 | |
5 | 91.44 | 6.68 | 1.58 | 29.95 | 15.93 | ||
7 | 89.49 | 8.93 | 1.57 | 32.23 | 18.13 | ||
9 | 85.96 | 11.45 | 2.60 | 38.47 | 19.52 | ||
Proposed Method | Step 1 (IGSRM + CMR-based combination) | 3 | 96.11 | 3.89 | 0.00 | 11.75 | 8.31 |
5 | 92.56 | 7.44 | 0.00 | 20.63 | 11.24 | ||
7 | 89.01 | 10.99 | 0.00 | 29.25 | 13.27 | ||
9 | 85.52 | 14.48 | 0.00 | 36.17 | 14.76 | ||
Step 2 (Step1 + PPS-based refinement) | 3 | 98.07 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 7.04 | 4.62 | |
5 | 94.88 | 5.12 | 0.00 | 15.75 | 8.53 | ||
7 | 91.38 | 8.62 | 0.00 | 23.94 | 11.11 | ||
9 | 87.82 | 12.18 | 0.00 | 31.19 | 13.59 |
Methods | Scale Factors | Thematic Accuracy (%) | Geometric Accuracy (%) | ||||
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OA | AD | QD | EE | SE | |||
IGSRM 1 | 3 | 96.94 | 3.06 | 0.00 | 9.60 | 19.14 | |
5 | 94.73 | 5.27 | 0.00 | 20.90 | 23.19 | ||
7 | 92.59 | 7.42 | 0.00 | 34.27 | 25.51 | ||
9 | 90.65 | 9.35 | 0.00 | 42.79 | 26.29 | ||
M-SRM 2 | 3 | 99.28 | 0.63 | 0.09 | 7.00 | 4.78 | |
5 | 97.81 | 1.85 | 0.34 | 19.82 | 9.71 | ||
7 | 96.25 | 3.13 | 0.61 | 29.62 | 14.21 | ||
9 | 94.70 | 4.41 | 0.89 | 37.35 | 18.27 | ||
Proposed Method | Step 1 (IGSRM + CMR-based combination) | 3 | 99.26 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 4.48 | 4.93 |
5 | 97.83 | 2.17 | 0.00 | 11.07 | 10.48 | ||
7 | 96.23 | 3.77 | 0.00 | 18.78 | 14.87 | ||
9 | 94.59 | 5.41 | 0.00 | 26.66 | 18.19 | ||
Step 2 (Step1 + PPS-based refinement) | 3 | 99.36 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 4.26 | 4.16 | |
5 | 98.44 | 1.57 | 0.00 | 8.89 | 6.52 | ||
7 | 97.15 | 2.85 | 0.00 | 15.77 | 9.13 | ||
9 | 95.57 | 4.43 | 0.00 | 23.12 | 11.84 |
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Shi, Z.; Li, P.; Jin, H.; Tian, Y.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, X. Improving Super-Resolution Mapping by Combining Multiple Realizations Obtained Using the Indicator-Geostatistics Based Method. Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 773. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9080773
Shi Z, Li P, Jin H, Tian Y, Chen Y, Zhang X. Improving Super-Resolution Mapping by Combining Multiple Realizations Obtained Using the Indicator-Geostatistics Based Method. Remote Sensing. 2017; 9(8):773. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9080773
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Zhongkui, Peijun Li, Huiran Jin, Yugang Tian, Yan Chen, and Xianfeng Zhang. 2017. "Improving Super-Resolution Mapping by Combining Multiple Realizations Obtained Using the Indicator-Geostatistics Based Method" Remote Sensing 9, no. 8: 773. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9080773
APA StyleShi, Z., Li, P., Jin, H., Tian, Y., Chen, Y., & Zhang, X. (2017). Improving Super-Resolution Mapping by Combining Multiple Realizations Obtained Using the Indicator-Geostatistics Based Method. Remote Sensing, 9(8), 773. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9080773