Tests with VHR images for the identification of olive trees and other fruit trees in the European Union

Josiane Masson; Pierre Soille; Rick Mueller

doi:10.1117/12.562439

26 October 2004 Tests with VHR images for the identification of olive trees and other fruit trees in the European Union

Josiane Masson, Pierre Soille, Rick Mueller

Proceedings Volume 5568, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology VI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562439
Event: Remote Sensing, 2004, Maspalomas, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

In the context of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) there is a strong interest of the European Commission for counting and individually locating fruit trees. An automatic counting algorithm developed by the JRC (OLICOUNT) was used in the past for olive trees only, on 1m black and white orthophotos but with limits in case of young trees or irregular groves. This study investigates the improvement of fruit tree identification using VHR images on a large set of data in three test sites, one in Creta (Greece) and one in the south-east of France with a majority of olive trees and associated fruit trees, and the last one in Florida on citrus trees. OLICOUNT was compared with two other automatic tree counting, applications, one using the CRISP software on citrus trees and the other completely automatic based on regional minima (morphological image analysis). Additional investigation was undertaken to refine the methods. This paper describes the automatic methods and presents the results derived from the tests.

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Josiane Masson, Pierre Soille, and Rick Mueller "Tests with VHR images for the identification of olive trees and other fruit trees in the European Union", Proc. SPIE 5568, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology VI, (26 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562439

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