Title :
Landscape ecology of feng shui woodlands and the potential for ecotourism using IKONOS images and GIS
Author :
Fung, Tung ; Marafa, Lawal Mohammed
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geogr. & Resource Manage., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
Feng shui woodland groves are important cultural heritage and have great potential for ecotourism in Hong Kong. An IKONOS image is used to identify these woodlands using both spectral and textural data. Classifications using both spectral and textural data produce 86% producer´s accuracy but also with a high error of commission. Identification of these woodlands help building a GIS for identifying potential woodland sites for ecotourism.
Keywords :
ecology; forestry; image classification; image texture; travel industry; vegetation mapping; GIS; Hong Kong; IKONOS image; IKONOS images; classifications; cultural heritage; ecotourism; feng shui woodlands; landscape ecology; spectral data; textural data; woodland groves; Cultural differences; Environmental factors; Geographic Information Systems; Image databases; Protection; Remote sensing; Resource management; Satellites; Spatial databases; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027144
