Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA)

Dear Colleagues,

During the last decade, Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA)has grown from a niche discipline to a recognized and vibrant branch of geoinformation science, and methods developed by the growing community have helped to tackle problems in virtually all domains where geographic data are used. The growing importance of image processing, be it of traditional airborne or satellite data, or complex hyperspectral data stacks, videos, or image data used by other communities, has resulted in a multitude of methodological approaches. Object-based approaches have turned out to be an excellent way to incorporate process and feature knowledge, in addition to providing an effective way of dealing with multi-scale data. Remote Sensing has already published three Special Issues on the theme of GEOBIA, the most recent one publishing the most interesting outcomes of the GEOBIA 2016 conference that took place in 2016 at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. The 2016 conference focused on specific two issues: (i) solutions, and (ii) synergies. The theme highlighted both the need for more operational OBIA methodologies that can help solve current societal problems, and the potential gains of merging traditional OBIA with developments in related domains, such as photogrammetry, computer vision and machine learning.

The Special Issue for the GEOBIA 2016 conference already comprises 12 excellent papers. Given the continued relevance of the topic, we invite further submissions for an ongoing topical GEOBIA collection.

Authors are required to check and follow the specific Instructions to Authors, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/instructions.

Prof. Dr. Norman Kerle
Collection Editor

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