Land use classification of open-pit mine based on multi-scale segmentation and random forest model

PLoS One. 2022 Feb 14;17(2):e0263870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263870. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

The mining industry production is an important pillar industry in China, while its extensive production activities have led to several ecological and environmental problems. Earth observation technology using high-resolution satellite imagery can help us efficiently obtain information on surface elements, surveying and monitoring various land occupation issues arising from open-pit mining production activities. Conventional pixel-based interpretation methods for high-resolution remote sensing images are restricted by "salt and pepper" noise caused by environmental factors, making it difficult to meet increasing requirements for monitoring accuracy. With the Jingxiang phosphorus mining area in Jingmen Hubei Province as the studied area, this paper uses a multi-scale segmentation algorithm to extract large-scale main characteristic information using a layered mask method based on the hierarchical structure of the image object. The remaining characteristic elements were classified and extracted in combination with the random forest model and characteristic factors to obtain land occupation information related mining industry production, which was compared with the results of the Classification and Regression Tree model. 23 characteristic factors in three aspects were selected, including spectral, geometric and texture characteristics. The methods employed in this study achieved 86% and 0.78 respectively in overall extraction accuracy analysis and the Kappa coefficient analysis, compared to 79% and 0.68 using the conventional method.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Mining / classification*
  • Phosphorus*
  • Remote Sensing Technology
  • Satellite Imagery / methods*

Substances

  • Phosphorus

Grants and funding

Initials of the authors who received each award: X.Y. Grant numbers awarded to each author: 41807297. The full name of each funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China. URL of each funder website: http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The commercial company China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group CO., LTD. provided support in the form of salaries for Zhang K.X., who is at the second rank. But this company did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of this authors are articulated in the author contributions’ section.