INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
INTERNATIONALE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR PHOTOGRAMMETRIE UND FERNERKUNDUNG
SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE PHOTOGRAMMETRIE ET DE TELEDETECTION




Proceedings of the ISPRS joint conference

3rd International Symposium Remote Sensing and Data Fusion Over Urban Areas (URBAN 2005)

5th International Symposium Remote Sensing of Urban Areas (URS 2005)

Tempe, AZ, USA, March 14-16 2005

Editors: M. Moeller, E. Wentz

International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
VOLUME XXXVI, PART 8/W27
ISSN 1682-1777


Organized by
ISPRS WG VIII/1 "Human Settlements and Impact Analysis"

Sponsored by
Arizona State University, Definiens Imaging, ESRI, Leica Geosystems


Copies of the Proceedings are available from:
GITC bv
PO Box112
8530 AC Lemmer
The Netherlands
Fax: +31-514-56185
Email: mailbox@gitc.nl

© 2005 remains with the authors(s) of a paper except where it is retained by the authors employer

TerraSAR-X: how can high-resolution SAR data support the observation of urban areas?
A. Roth, J. Hoffmann and T. Esch

Evaluation of correlation criteria for SAR images
F. Tupin, M. Roux and S. Homayouni

Potential of high-resolution SAR images for urban analysis
U. Soergel, E. Michaelsen, U. Thoennessen and U. Stilla

International Earth observation initiatives and programs: the context for global urban mapping
M. Herold and C. C. Schmullius

Spatial analysis of global urban extent from night lights
C. Small, F. Pozzi and C.D. Elvidge

Remote sensing characterization of the urban landscape for improvement of air quality modeling
D.A. Quattrochi, W.L. Crosson, M.G. Estes, Jr., M. Khan, and W.M. Lapenta

Remote Sensing for the Monitoring of Urban Growth Patterns
M. Moeller

A "Green Index" incorporating remote sensing and citizen's perception of green space
E. Schöpfer, S. Lang, T. Blaschke

Land Potential Evaluation for large scale greenbelt development at urban rural transition zone a case study of Beijing, China
W. Li, Z. Ouyang, and R. Wang

Improvements of roof surface classification using hyperspectral and laser scanning data
D. Lemp and U. Weidner

Preliminary Results From Nighttime Lights Change Detection
C.D. Elvidge, K.E. Baugh, J. Safran, B.T. and E.H.Erwin

Hyperspectral mapping of meta-indicators for assessments in urban ecology
P. Hostert

Mapping human settlements using the mid-IR: advantages, prospects, and limitations
G. M. Henebry

Estimation and validation of urban vegetation abundance by spectral mixture analysis
C. Small and J. Lu

Spectral unmixing of low resolution images for monitoring soil sealing
D. Raymaekersa, I. Bauwensa, J. Van Orshoven, H. Gulinck, B. Engel, and N. Dosselaere

Comparing Frequency-Based Measures of Spectral and Morphological Diversity With Sociodemographic Characteristics in an Urban Area
D. Viertel and J. Ronald Eyton

Examining the Relationship Between Population and Precipitation: An Imagery Analysis Approach
W. J. Martyn, Jr. and J. R. Eyton

Vehicle detection from very high resolution satellite imagery for the development of a societal activity index
A. Gerhardinger, D. Ehrlich, and M. Pesaresi

Remote Controlled Model Aircraft As Sensor Platform For Urban Modelling
W. von Hansen and U. Thoennessen

Waveform processing of laser pulses for reconstruction of surfaces in urban areas
B. Jutzi and U. Stilla

Land use change in Rostock, Germany since the reunification ­ a combined approach with satellite data and high resolution aerial imagery
G. Grenzdoerffer

Mapping land cover changes with Landsat imagery and spatio-temporal geostatistics: an application to the Pearl River Delta, China
A. Boucher, K. C. Seto, and A. G. Journel

Mapping urban areas by fusing multiple sources of coarse resolution remote sensed data
A. Schneider, M. A. Friedl, and C. Woodcock

Challenges for applied remote sensing science in the urban environment
M. Netzband, C. L. Redman, and W. L. Stefanov

Combined Methods of Thermal Remote Sensing and Mobile Climate Transects in Beer Sheva, Israel
C. Beeson, D. Blumberg, A. Brazel, and L. Shashua-Bar

Comparative analysis of thermal environments in New York City and Kuwait City
A. Y. Kwarteng and C. Small

The Spatial Analysis of Surface Temperature and Evapotranspiration for Some Land Use/Cover Types in the Gezira Area, Sudan
B. M. Ahmed, T. Hataa, H. Tanakamarua, A., W. Abdelhadib, and A. Tadac

A Non-Supervised Material Mapping Technique for Hyperspectral Image Analysis in Urban Area
S. Homayouni

Automated Recognition of Morphological Patterns in Open Spaces
A. Peeters and Y. Etzion

Generating True Orthoimages from Urban Areas ­ A New Approach
B. Wolf

A remote sensing based assessment of urban heat island in Lanzhou city, China
H. Yang and Y. Liu

Automatic object extraction from full differential morphological profile in urban imagery for efficient object indexing and retrievals
C.R. Shyu, G. Scott, M. Klaric, C. H. Davis and K. Palaniappana

Snakes and radial casting algorithm: A low-cost system for building extraction in informal settlements areas
S.D Mayunga , D.J. Coleman and Y. Zhang

Determining extraction of building parameters from high resolution SAR images
G. Franceschetti, R. Guida, A. Iodice, D. Riccio and G.Ruello

Urban modifications in a mesoscale meteorological model and the effects on near surface variables in an arid metropolitan region
J. Zehnder, S. Grossman-Clarke, W.
Stefanov, and Y. Liu

Investigation of the daily urban cooling island (UCI) in two coastal cities in an arid environment: Dubai and Abu Dhabi (U.A.E)
C. M. Frey, G. Rigo, and E. Parlow

Studies on urban heat island formations using ENVISAT AATSR Data
T.R. K. Chand, K. M. Latha and K.V.S. Badarinath

Modeling urban patterns and landscape change in Central Puget Sound
M. Alberti, J. A. Hepinstall, S. E. Coe, R.Coburn and M. Russo

Remote sensing for settlement patterns in metropolitan regions: the case of national capital region (NCR) of Dehli, India
Mahavir

Geographic accessibility and land use change in an urban environment
X. Yang

Urban growth simulation using remote sensing imagery and neural network
S. Alkheder and J. Shan

Change detection of linear man-made objects using feature extraction technique
S. M. Phalke and I. Couloigner

Reconciling precision and scale in monitoring urban land cover changes with satellite imagery
J. Roca, M. C. Burns, P. Garcia, B. Al Haddad, R. Colombo and J.M. Carreras

Estimation of sub-pixel impervious surfaces using Landsat and ASTER imagery for assessing urban growth
M. Crane, G. Xian, and C. McMahon

Remote sensing and rational interventions for the urban development in Africa. The case of Yaounde in Cameroon (Central Africa)
D.S. Enimelie Ndiomo, A. Mengue Mbom and R. J. Assako

Remote sensing derived mapping to support urban growth theory
M. Herold, J. Hemphill, C. Dietzel, and K.C. Clarke

Monitoring rapid urban expansion: A case study of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
K. W. Forsythe

A self-supervised approach for fully automated urban land cover classification of high-resolution satellite imagery
A. K. Shackelford and C. H. Davis

Using image statistics for automated quality assessment of urban geospatial data
W.Goeman, L.Martinez-Fonte, R.Bellens and S.Gautama

A user-friendly automatic tool for image classification based on neural networks
B. Buttarazzi, F. Del Frate, and C. Solimini

Evaluation of urbanization influences on urban climate with remote sensing and climate observations
G. Xian and M. Crane

Modeling urban thermal anisotropy
J. A. Voogt and E. S. Krayenhoff

Measurement and modeling of the ground heat flux in the city of Basel during bubble by different methods
G. Rigo and E. Parlow

A strategy for mapping and modeling the ecological effects of US lawns
C. Milesia, C. D. Elvidge, J. B. Dietz, B. T. Tuttle, R. R. Nemani and S. W. Running

An object-oriented classification of an arid urban forest with true-color aerial photography
J. S. Walker and J. M. Briggs

Isolation trends of urban open spaces
H. Esbah, B. Deniz and E. A. Cook

Vehicle queue detection in satellite images of urban areas
J. Leitloff, S. Hinz and U. Stilla

Classification of local structures in thermal aerial videos for vehicle recognition
E. Michaelsen, M. Kirchhof, K. Jäger and U. Stilla

Incorporating a priori knowledge into a moving vehicle detector for TerraSAR-X data
A. Laika, F. Meyer, S. Hinz and R. Bamler

Urban land cover mapping using hyperspectral and multispectral VHR sensors: spatial versus spectral resolution
F. dell'Acqua, P. Gamba, and G. Lisini

Anomaly detection in noisy multi and hyper spectral images of urban environments
D. Blumberg

Segmentation of very high spatial resolution satellite images in urban areas for segments-based classification
E. Frauman and E. Wolff

Investigating urban railway corridors with geometric high resolution satellite data
A. Damm, P. Hostert, and S. Schiefer

Understanding urban growth patterns: a landscape ecology point of view
H. Esbah, D. Maktav, L. Atatanir and F. Sunar Erbek

Different approaches for urban habitat type mapping ­ the case study of Berlin and Seoul
H. O. Kim, T. Lakes, H. Kenneweg, and B. Kleinschmit

Registering Images To GIS
T. Schenk

Urban image true orthorectification in the National Map Program
G. Zhou and W. Chen

The image registration technique of high resolution remote sensing image in hilly area
G. Hong and Y. Zhang

Urban remote sensing: new developments and trends
M. Ehlers

Combined analysis of hyperspectral and high resolution image data in an object oriented classification approach
A. Greiwe, and M. Ehlers

Quantitative analysis of shadow effects in high-resolution images of urban areas
Q. Zhan, W. Shi, and Y. Xiao

Adaptation of object models for road extraction in images of different resolution
J. Heller and K. Pakzad

An integration approach of spatial continuity and discontinuity to retrieving industrial building complexes from digital aerial images
L. Bian and J. Lee

Object-based classification of integrated multispectral and lidar data for change detection and quality control in urban areas
V. Walter

Evaluation of 3D city model production from Pleiades HR satellite images and 2D ground maps
D. Flamanc and G. Maillet

Robust approach towards an automated detection of built-up areas from high resolution radar imagery
T. Esch, A. Roth, and S. Dech

Urbanization prediction with an ART-MMAP neural network based spatiotemporal data mining method
W. Liu, K. C. Seto and Z. Sun

A survey of 3-D urban mapping and visualization capabilities from an army perspective
T. Witte

Automatic road extraction by fusion of multiple SAR views
K. Hedman, B. Wessel, U. Soergel and U. Stilla

Road extraction aided by adaptive directional filtering and template matching
F. dell'Acqua, P. Gamba, and G. Lisini

Combined uncertainty modelling of GIS road data and extracted objects
M. Gerke and C. Heipke

Use of Landsat/ETM+ data as basic information for infrastructure planning
H. Rüdenauer and M. Schmitz

Landsat image-based LULC changes of San Antonio, Texas, using advanced atmospheric correction and object-oriented image analysis approaches
A. Owojori and H. Xie

Spatial Correlation between interferometric stacking pattern deformation and damage distribution of Athens 7-9-99 earthquake and its seismic sequence
M. Foumelis, D. Raucoules, Is. Parcharidis, D. Feurer, S. Le Mouelic, C. King, C. Carnec and E. Lagios

Posters accepted by URBAN

ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF SATELLITE IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR POLLUTANT LOADINGS ESTIMATION
L. V. Abellera and M. K. Stenstrom

3D LASER SCANNER SYSTEM FOR SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING
X.N. Chen, Q. Xia, S.H.Zhang, and Y.Zhou

A HYBRID APPROACH TO DETECTING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AT MULTIPLESCALES
S. E. Coe, M. Alberti, J. A. Hepinstall, and R.Coburn

EXPERT SYSTEM APPROACH FOR CLASSIFYING LAND COVER IN NEW DELHI INDIA USING ASTER IMAGERY
C. Cole, E. Wentz, and P. Christensen

QUADRATURE BANDPASS ISOTROPIC FILTERS FOR URBAN ZONES SEGMENTATION IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
Y. de Lira, J.L. Marroquín, A. Hernández

CHANGE DETECTION IN URBAN AREAS WITH QUICKBIRD IMAGERY AND NEURAL NETWORKS ALGORITHMS
F. Del Frate, G. Schiavon, and C. Solimini

A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON SEPARABILITY OF PAVING MATERIALS IN SHADOWED HYPERSPECTRAL PIXELS FROM A CENTRAL URBAN AREA
F. dell'Acqua, P. Gamba, and G. Trianni

TESTING THE EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ON URBAN HYPERSPECTRAL DATA THROUGH CLASSIFIER PERFORMANCE COMPARISON: A CASE STUDY
F. dell'Acqua

USE OF GIS METHODOLOGY FOR ONLINE URBAN TRAFFIC MONITORING
I. Ernst, M. Hetscher, S. Lehmann, A. Lippok, and M. Ruhé

THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT RECOGNITION IN LIDAR DATA USING A PLANAR PATCH APPROACH
P. Gamba, F. Dell'Acqua, and M. Cesari

THE BP-ANN-GA ALGORITHM FOR DATA FUSION OF LANDSAT ETM AND ERS SAR IN URBAN AREA
Y. Jin and G. Cao

DEM GENERATION FROM VERY HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO DATA IN URBAN AREAS
T. Krauß, P. Reinartz, M. Lehner, M. Schroeder, and U. Stilla

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECTRAL VARIABILITY OF URBAN MATERIALS FOR CLASSIFICATION. A CASE STUDY OVER TOULOUSE (FRANCE)
S. Lachérade, C. Miesch, F. Lemaître, X. Briottet, H. Le Men, D. Boldo, and C. Valorge

QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF FUSION METHODS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES
V. Meenakshisundaram and I. Couloigner

ORTHORECTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF QUICKBIRD IMAGERY USING D-GPS MEASUREMENTS OVER PAROS URBAN AREA
Is. Parcharidis, M. Foumelis, E. Papageorgiou, M. Segou, and V. Sakkas

URBAN LAND COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS: THE VALUE OF COMPARING HISTORICAL SPY PHOTOS WITH CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL IMAGERY
J. C. Ratcliff and G. M. Henebry

REQUIREMENTS FOR SPACE BORNE TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE SATELLITE TERRASAR-X
M. H. O. Ruhé

ANALYSIS OF VIEW-ANGLE EFFECTS IN HYPERSPECTRAL DATA OF URBAN AREAS
S. Schiefer, P. Hostert, and A. Damm

ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATIC STRUCTURE DETECTION THROUGH VARIANCE PARAMETERS IN HIGH RESOLUTION SAR IMAGES OF URBAN AREAS
M. G. Viscito, T. M. Pellizzeri, and P. Lombardo

AN ASSESSMENT OF THREE IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHODS FOR URBAN LANDSCAPE CHARACTERIZATION
X. Yang, Z. Liu, and L. Chen

USING LANDSAT TO ASSESS LAND USE CONVERSION IMPACTS ARISING FROM URBANIYATION. A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
Y. Zhang

Posters accepted by URS

MONITORING URBAN GROWTH IN OMAN USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS, SEEB WILAYAT CASE STUDY
T. Al-Awadhi and L. K. A. Azaz

DETERMINING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS HAPPENED MIDDLE OF IRAQ AFTER THE FLOOD OF 1988
O. B. AL-Jarrah

REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HERITAGE APPLICATIONS ASSIR PROJECT, SAUDI ARABIA
E. L. Al-Otaibi and T. A. Quine

ASSESSMENT OF URBAN LAND USE COVER CHANGES IN CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO
S. Anderson, M. Taylor, P. Sutton, and M. Steinberg

RESEARCH ON NEGATIVE URBAN GROWTH BY MEANS OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS METHODS
E. Banzhaf , A. Kindler, and D. Haase

THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE BUILD AREA AND VEGETATION COVER IN THE TOWN OF CAMPOS DO JORDÃO, BRASIL
A. B. Benedetti

LAND USE PATTERNS IN EASTERN ISTANBUL, TURKEY
M. Z. Coskun, M. Saroglu and E.Bektas

ANALYSIS OF URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALORIZATION AND ITS APPLICABILITY IN VALLEY OF THE PARAIBA
E. A. de Paula Souza e Guimarães and M. D. Alves Cocco

SURVEY OF TRANSPORT-RELATED ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY OF MAJOR CANADIAN URBAN AREAS
B. Guindon and Y. Zhang

AN EFFICIENT METHOD TO HANDLE HETEROGENEITY IN HAZARDS MANAGEMENT
H. Hicham and M-S. Hacid

MAPPING ASPHALT ROAD CONDITIONS WITH HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING
M. Herold and D. A. Roberts

RADIOMETRIC NORMALIZATION OF IKONOS IMAGE USING QUICKBIRD IMAGE FOR URBAN AREA CHANGE DETECTION
G. Hong and Y. Zhang

A TWO-THRESHOLDS EM-MRF ALGORITHM FOR CHANGE DETECTION OF MULTI-TEMPORAL ERS-2 SAR IMAGES
Y. Jin

REMOTE SENSING CLASSIFICATION OF BROWNFIELDS IN THE PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA
D. M. Nelson

PROPOSING A METHOD FOR DISAGGREGATING CENSUS DATA USING OBJECT-ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION : AN APPROACH TO INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
S. Sim

DETECTING AND ANALYZING URBAN HEAT ISLAND PATTERNS IN BEIJING, CHINA
R. Xiao, Z. Ouyang, X. Wang and W. Li