We introduce a methodology for semiautomatic thematic map generation from remotely sensed Earth Observation raster image data based on user-selected examples. The methodology is based on a probabilistic k-nearest neighbor supervised classification algorithm. Efficient operation is attained by exploiting data structures for high-dimensional indexing. The methodology is integrated in a Web-mapping server that is coupled to an HTML supervision interface that supports interactive navigation as well as model training and tuning. Quantitative classification quality and performance measurements are extracted for real optical data with 0.25 m resolution on a highly diverse training area.Index Terms-Remote sensing, thematic mapping, Web-based mapping systems.
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