Abstract
Hyperspectral data is gaining tremendous popularity in mapping tree species in the recent past. This is due to its ability to distinguish between individual tree species. However, its cost is prohibitive especially for developing economies. This paper focuses on the possibility of using the recently launched free optical sensors for mapping tree species in the Ngangao Forest of Taita Hills in Kenya. The AISA Eagle hyperspectral data was used to 10 tree species (six indigenous and four exotic species). The hyperspectral data reflectance was then used to derive Worldview 2 and Sentinel 2 data. A total 2504 training sites were used for the classification AISA Eagle data. The same training sites were used for the classification of the Worldview 2 and Sentinel 2 but after downscaling due to coarse resolution of the two sensors resulting into 638 and 23 training sites respectively. Spectral angle mapper, neural network and support vector machine classification algorithms were tested in this study. The three algorithms resulted into accuracies 49.24%, 79.47% and 80.15% respectively for the AISA Eagle data. However, only neural network algorithm was able to classify Worldview 2 and Sentinel 2 images resulting into overall accuracies of 56.43% and 47.22% with Kappa coefficient of 0.48 and 0.33 respectively.
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