Object-based supervised classification

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Object-based image analysis (OBIA) with QGIS and OTB processing plugin

Segmentation

  • In the search engine of Processing Toolbox, type segmentation and double click Segmentation.
  • Select the input image: Subset_S2A_MSIL2A_20170619T_MUL.tif (data type uint 16bit).
  • Set Segmentation algorithm to meanshift
  • The Range radius value can be set to 600. The optimal value depends on datatype dynamic range of the input image and requires experimental trials for the specific classifcation objectives.
  • Set Minimum Region size (in pixels) to 16.
  • Processing mode Vector
  • Set the Mask image to blank (top of drop-down list).
  • Check 8-neighborhood connectivity on.
  • The Minimum object size (in pixels) can be set to 16 depending on minimum mapping size.
  • Change Output pixel type to uint32.
  • Name the Output vector file e.g. segments_meanshift.gpkg (GeoPackage).
  • Click Run.

Qgis otb segmentation.png

  • Evaluate the segmentation results: Load the output vector file segments_meanshift.gpkg into QGIS on top of the image Subset_S2A_MSIL2A_20170619T_Mul.tif

Mark the vector layer in the Qgis Layers window. Right click Properties --> Symbology --> Simple Fill, Fill Style: No Brush and Stroke color:white.

Feature extraction

In the search engine of Processing Toolbox, type zonalstats and open ZonalStatistics under Image Manipulation of OTB.

  • Select the Input image: Subset_S2A_MSIL2A_20170619T_MUL.tif.
  • Background value to ignore: 0
  • For the Input vector data do not select a vector file from the file list which are already loaded in the QGIS Viewer. There is currently a bug in QGIS 3.16 which leads to failure because the full pathname is not parsed correctly. Instead, please select a vector file by clicking QGIS file select.png and browse directly to the file containing the result from Segmentation: segment polygons in format GPKG segments_meanshift.gpkg.
  • File name for the output vector data: segments_meanshift_zonal.gpkg.
  • Click Run.

Otb zonalstats.png

Training phase

  • In the search engine of Processing Toolbox, type Train and double click TrainVectorClassifier.
  • In the Input Vector Data List do not select a file from the list which is already loaded in the QGIS Viewer. There is currently a bug in QGIS 3.16 which leads to failure during file import. Instead please select a vector file clicking Qgis add file.png and browse directly to the file containing training area polygons in format GPKG or SHP e.g. lucc_training_obia.gpkg.
  • Output model filename is svm_obia.model
  • In the field Field names for training features copy and paste
 "mean_2 stdev_0 mean_9 mean_7 mean_0" 
  • This is one of many variable sets as a result of a feature selection procedure.
  • The name of Field containing the class id for supervision" is C_ID.
  • Classifier to use for training: libsvm
  • SVM Kernel Type: linear
  • SVM Model Type: csvc
  • Click Parameters optimizationON.
  • Click Run.

Qgis otb trainvector.png

info.png Info
For more detailed information on the SVM algorithm visit the LibSVM website

Classification phase

  • In the search engine of Processing Toolbox, type Vector and double click VectorClassifier.
  • In the Input Vector Data do not select a file from the list which is already loaded in the QGIS Viewer. There is currently a bug in QGIS 3.16 which leads to failure during file import. Instead please select a vector file clicking Qgis add file.png and browse directly to the file containing segments and features for the whole image (result of Feature extaction)training area polygons in format GPKG segments_meanshift_zonal.gpkg.
  • Name of the input model file is svm_obia.model.
  • Output field containing the class is C_ID
  • Copy and paste into the field Field names to be calculated have to be the same features for prediction as were defined before in the TrainVectorClassifier module:
 "mean_2 stdev_0 mean_9 mean_7 mean_0" 
  • Output vector Data file is lucc_classified_obia.gpkg.

Run.

Qgis otb vectorclassifier.png

Load the output vector file manually into QGIS. Layer --> Layer properties --> Symbology > Style --> Load style.... Open the same QGIS style file which is already in use for the training data: lucc_training_obia.qml.

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