A Study on the Applicability of Landsat Data for Extraction of Building Construction

An Experimental Study by Regression Analysis with the Test Site of Kumamoto-Interchange

Abstract

The experimental trial for the direct extraction of the change of building construction using Landsat-MSS data was conducted for the purpose of the evaluation of the impact by high-way construction. The regression analyses which use Landsat-MSS data as independent variables and the transformed numbers of buildings by Logistic Curve as dependent variables were conducted at total 30 cases of the selection of variables. As the results of the analyses, all cases showed relatively low correlations in which the highest value was 0.369. These results suggest that it is rather difficult to extract the change of building construction directly by Landsat-MSS data and that further analyses using Landsat-TM data and the more urbanized test areas are necessary for the completion of the purpose of this study.