AGRICULTURAL CROP IDENTIFICATION USING SPOT AND LANDSAT IMAGES IN TASMANIA

摘要

Recording precise crop location and paddock rotational history is becoming an increasingly important part of crop management and product quality assurance. Advances in satellite imagery now allow economies of scale in the calculation of paddock position, area measurement and mapping, when compared with aircraft-based photography. Crop recognition, growth and health monitoring are now also considered achievable goals using satellite imagery. This paper reports on the ability of current technology to recognise and differentiate between horticultural crops in Tasmania, Australia. The methodologies used for recognising crops, the testing methods used and the results of two years of interpretation are discussed.