An Overview of Coastline Extraction from Remote Sensing Data

The coastal zone represents a unique interface between land and sea, and addressing the ecological crisis it faces is of global significance. One of the most fundamental and effective measures is to extract the coastline’s location on a large scale, dynamically, and accurately. Remote sensing techno...

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Main Authors: Xixuan Zhou, Jinyu Wang, Fengjie Zheng, Haoyu Wang, Haitao Yang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/19/4865
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author Xixuan Zhou
Jinyu Wang
Fengjie Zheng
Haoyu Wang
Haitao Yang
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Jinyu Wang
Fengjie Zheng
Haoyu Wang
Haitao Yang
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description The coastal zone represents a unique interface between land and sea, and addressing the ecological crisis it faces is of global significance. One of the most fundamental and effective measures is to extract the coastline’s location on a large scale, dynamically, and accurately. Remote sensing technology has been widely employed in coastline extraction due to its temporal, spatial, and sensor diversity advantages. Substantial progress has been made in coastline extraction with diversifying data types and information extraction methods. This paper focuses on discussing the research progress related to data sources and extraction methods for remote sensing-based coastline extraction. We summarize the suitability of data and some extraction algorithms for several specific coastline types, including rocky coastlines, sandy coastlines, muddy coastlines, biological coastlines, and artificial coastlines. We also discuss the significant challenges and prospects of coastline dataset construction, remotely sensed data selection, and the applicability of the extraction method. In particular, we propose the idea of extracting coastlines based on the coastline scene knowledge map (CSKG) semantic segmentation method. This review serves as a comprehensive reference for future development and research pertaining to coastal exploitation and management.
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spelling doaj.art-0655891f008a4b10a30c173d727ee2632023-11-19T15:01:03ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-10-011519486510.3390/rs15194865An Overview of Coastline Extraction from Remote Sensing DataXixuan Zhou0Jinyu Wang1Fengjie Zheng2Haoyu Wang3Haitao Yang4Department of Graduate Management, Space Engineering University, Beijing 101400, ChinaDepartment of Graduate Management, Space Engineering University, Beijing 101400, ChinaDepartment of Aerospace Information, Space Engineering University, Beijing 101400, ChinaDepartment of Graduate Management, Space Engineering University, Beijing 101400, ChinaDepartment of Aerospace Information, Space Engineering University, Beijing 101400, ChinaThe coastal zone represents a unique interface between land and sea, and addressing the ecological crisis it faces is of global significance. One of the most fundamental and effective measures is to extract the coastline’s location on a large scale, dynamically, and accurately. Remote sensing technology has been widely employed in coastline extraction due to its temporal, spatial, and sensor diversity advantages. Substantial progress has been made in coastline extraction with diversifying data types and information extraction methods. This paper focuses on discussing the research progress related to data sources and extraction methods for remote sensing-based coastline extraction. We summarize the suitability of data and some extraction algorithms for several specific coastline types, including rocky coastlines, sandy coastlines, muddy coastlines, biological coastlines, and artificial coastlines. We also discuss the significant challenges and prospects of coastline dataset construction, remotely sensed data selection, and the applicability of the extraction method. In particular, we propose the idea of extracting coastlines based on the coastline scene knowledge map (CSKG) semantic segmentation method. This review serves as a comprehensive reference for future development and research pertaining to coastal exploitation and management.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/19/4865coastline extractionremote sensingdeep learningremote sensing knowledge map
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coastline extraction
remote sensing
deep learning
remote sensing knowledge map
title An Overview of Coastline Extraction from Remote Sensing Data
title_full An Overview of Coastline Extraction from Remote Sensing Data
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title_short An Overview of Coastline Extraction from Remote Sensing Data
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remote sensing
deep learning
remote sensing knowledge map
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/19/4865
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