Virtual Interpretation of Earth Web-Interface Tool (VIEW-IT) for Collecting Land-UseLand-Cover Reference Data 英文参考文献.docVIP

Remote Sens. 2011, 3, 601-620; doi:10.3390/rs3030601 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Virtual Interpretation of Earth Web-Interface Tool (VIEW-IT) for Collecting Land-Use/Land-Cover Reference Data Matthew L. Clark 1,* and T. Mitchell Aide 2 1 Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis, Department of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA 2 Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931, USA; E-Mail: tmaide@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: mateolclark@; Tel.: +1-707-664-2558; Fax: +1-707-664-3332. Received: 20 January 2011; in revised form: 18 February 2011 / Accepted: 14 March 2011 / Published: 21 March 2011 Abstract: Web-based applications that integrate geospatial information, or the geoweb, offer exciting opportunities for remote sensing science. One such application is a Web-based system for automating the collection of reference data for producing and verifying the accuracy of land-use/land-cover (LULC) maps derived from satellite imagery. Here we describe the capabilities and technical components of the Virtual Interpretation of Earth Web-Interface Tool (VIEW-IT), a collaborative browser-based tool for ―crowdsourcing‖ interpretation of reference data from high resolution imagery. The principal component of VIEW-IT is the Google Earth plug-in, which allows users to visually estimate percent cover of seven basic LULC classes within a sample grid. The current system provides a 250 m square sample to match the resolution of MODIS satellite data, although other scales could be easily accommodated. Using VIEW-IT, a team of 23 student and 7 expert interpreters collected over 46,000 reference samples across Latin America and the Caribbean. Samples covered all biomes, avoided spatial autocorrelatio