This book offers an introduction to remotely sensed image processing and
classification in R using machine learning algorithms. It also provides
a concise and practical reference tutorial, which equips readers to
immediately start using the software platform and R packages for image
processing and classification.
This book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 introduces remote
sensing digital image processing in R, while chapter 2 covers
pre-processing. Chapter 3 focuses on image transformation, and chapter 4
addresses image classification. Lastly, chapter 5 deals with improving
image classification.
R is advantageous in that it is open source software, available free of
charge and includes several useful features that are not available in
commercial software packages. This book benefits all undergraduate and
graduate students, researchers, university teachers and other remote-
sensing practitioners interested in the practical implementation of
remote sensing in R.