Object Based Image Analysis of Cracow city
ProGea Consulting Company performed, at the request of the Office of Spatial Planning of Krakow, the LULC map of Cracow City using object-oriented method (GEOBIA). The analysis was carried out using RapidEye satellite images. As a result of the classification distinguishes 11 classes of land cover.
The results were used for comparative analysis of changes Land Use / Land Cover in the city. The comparative material were the results of similar work done by ProGea Consulting in 2006 on the basis of imaging IKONOS and QuickBird satellite.
Thanks to increase of availability of remote sensing data and decreasie of their costs, multitemporal analysis beginning to be better source of information in planning activities.