Land Cover Classification of Mamminasata, Indonesia using Landsat-7
ETM+: Reduction of the Influences of Cloud, Shadow, and Scan-gap
Abstract
Cloud and shadow in satellite image are obstacles in the land cover
classification. In addition, Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
(ETM+) image contains scan-gap (striping black areas) due to the failure
of the Scan Line Corrector in May 2003. This is also the case with our
land cover change analysis in Makassar, Maros, Sungguminasa, and Takalar
(Mamminasata), Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to produce an
accurate land cover classification map using the composite data of
multi- temporal ETM+ data. Three scenes in April, July, and September
2011 were generated by filling the areas of clouds, shadows, and
scan-gaps with other data observed in similar seasons. Land cover
classification map was generated from 18 bands data by the Support
Vector Machine classifier using local-government-produced land use map
as training data. The effect of composite on the land cover
classification and land cover classification accuracy will be evaluated
in the presentation. The significance of this research is the
improvements in classification by reducing the obstacles using a simple
image composite method.