Detection and 3D Modeling of Potential Buried Archaeological Structures Using WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Aim
3. Study Area
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Pre-Processing of Multispectral Imagery
4.2. Satellite Image Classification
4.3. Satellite Spectral Analysis
4.3.1. Spectral Analysis of Vegetation
4.3.2. Spectral Analysis of Iron Oxide
4.4. Satellite Spectral Analysis
5. Results and Discussion
5.1. Classification
5.2. Satellite Spectral Analysis
5.2.1. Spectral Analysis of Vegetation
5.2.2. Spectral Analysis of Iron Oxide
5.3. Creation of 3D Model
6. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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El-Behaedi, R. Detection and 3D Modeling of Potential Buried Archaeological Structures Using WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010092
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Chicago/Turabian StyleEl-Behaedi, Raghda. 2022. "Detection and 3D Modeling of Potential Buried Archaeological Structures Using WorldView-3 Satellite Imagery" Remote Sensing 14, no. 1: 92. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010092