Title :
Using census data and remote sensing for mapping urban verticalization: A study case in Brazil
Author :
Gavlak, A.A. ; Rodrigues do Prado, Bruno
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Geographic Inf. Syst. & Remote Sensing, Imagem-Geographic Intell. Solutions, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents two methodologies for mapping urban verticalization, using as source of information the population census data from 2010 provided by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and high resolution satellite imagery.
Keywords :
demography; geophysical image processing; image resolution; remote sensing; Brazil; IBGE; high resolution satellite imagery; mapping urban verticalization; population census data; remote sensing; Buildings; Indexes; Satellites; Sociology; Spatial resolution; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), 2013 Joint
Conference_Location :
Sao Paulo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0213-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0212-5
DOI :
10.1109/JURSE.2013.6550688