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Research Article

Local color and morphological image feature based vegetation identification and its application to human environment street view vegetation mapping, or how green is our county?

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Pages 222-236 | Received 16 Jun 2020, Accepted 30 Jul 2020, Published online: 24 Aug 2020

Figures & data

Figure 1. A sample Milwaukee GSV panoramic image series.

Figure 1. A sample Milwaukee GSV panoramic image series.

Figure 2. Green vegetation extraction workflow.

Figure 2. Green vegetation extraction workflow.

Figure 3. Milwaukee images during “green” and “non-green” months.

Figure 3. Milwaukee images during “green” and “non-green” months.

Figure 4. Vegetation extraction image processing flow chart.

Figure 4. Vegetation extraction image processing flow chart.

Figure 5. RGB and HSV color space representations.

Figure 5. RGB and HSV color space representations.

Figure 6. Non-vegetation green street view image components.

Figure 6. Non-vegetation green street view image components.

Figure 7. Extreme GSV lighting scenarios.

Figure 7. Extreme GSV lighting scenarios.

Figure 8. Errors induced by under- and over-processing vegetation filter parametrizations.

Figure 8. Errors induced by under- and over-processing vegetation filter parametrizations.

Figure 9. Artificial green image component removal.

Figure 9. Artificial green image component removal.

Figure 10. Sample FIPS code.

Figure 10. Sample FIPS code.

Figure 11. Initial mapping errors.

Figure 11. Initial mapping errors.

Figure 12. Milwaukee County raw green index FIPS block map, and its correction by proximity normalization.

Figure 12. Milwaukee County raw green index FIPS block map, and its correction by proximity normalization.

Figure 13. The impact of proximity normalization on the green index assignment.

Figure 13. The impact of proximity normalization on the green index assignment.

Figure 14. Milwaukee county vegetation maps in more detail.

Figure 14. Milwaukee county vegetation maps in more detail.

Figure 15. Block-level vegetation canopy map.

Figure 15. Block-level vegetation canopy map.