Unclassified

Supervision Assignment:

T.J. Ersfeld

Q1: How many classes are created in the output?
There are 9 classes created in the output.

Q2: What are the definitions of minimum class size and sample interval?
Minimum class size: The minimum number of cells in a valid class
Sample interval: The interval used for sampling

Q3: What is the recommended minimum class size?
20

Q4: How many bands are considered when running the Iso Cluster Unsupervised classification
method?
There are 5 bands or classes.


Q5: Provide a list of land cover types assigned to the isocluster10.img file.

Q6: Briefly summarize observations discovered when assigning the spectral classes to the
information classes.
There appeared to be two different colors that represented roofs of buildings. One hypothesis is
that white roofs were classified as brown-green, while darker colored roofs were classified as a
purple-blue color. There were also two different colors that represented vegetation and trees.
These seemed to be somewhat well defined as low vegetation like grass and agricultural fields
(red) and high vegetation shrubs and trees (pink).

Q7: Briefly describe your observations of assigning land cover types to spectral classes.

I had a hard time classifying and information class to the pink spectral class because it showed
up in urban areas and in agricultural areas. I made the assumption that the color represented
darker green vegetation, which was either shrubs and trees or dark green agriculture crops. It
could be that the pink represented only trees and showed up in the agricultural areas because
there were tree crops planted. The Google Earth imagery did not show tree crops where the
pink polygons occurred in agricultural areas but this could be because the Google imagery was
taken at a different time period. Perhaps pecan, apple, or another type of tree cop could have
been planted or removed.

Q8: Compare the two image classification results (assign colors to land cover types)

Which resulting image classification method is better?

I think that the 10-class is better at discerning information. The 15-class image had too many
colors for the same types of information, which seemed to create more error when combining
colors. When comparing the outputs in GIS with Google Earth imagery, it was interesting to see

the agricultural fields in the southwest corner of the GIS image completely inundated with water
due to flood irrigation. I was able to ascertain that the polygons in the SW corner of the image
were agricultural fields and not lakes by this looking at Google Earth imagery and verifying that
the polygons were farm fields. This verification process is very important as the spectral classes
may have errors and the imagery changes during different times of year.