Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction

Digital maps of road networks are a vital part of digital cities and intelligent transportation. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review on road extraction based on various remote sensing data sources, including high-resolution images, hyperspectral images, synthetic aperture radar images,...

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Main Authors: Jianxin Jia, Haibin Sun, Changhui Jiang, Kirsi Karila, Mika Karjalainen, Eero Ahokas, Ehsan Khoramshahi, Peilun Hu, Chen Chen, Tianru Xue, Tinghuai Wang, Yuwei Chen, Juha Hyyppä
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Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4235
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author Jianxin Jia
Haibin Sun
Changhui Jiang
Kirsi Karila
Mika Karjalainen
Eero Ahokas
Ehsan Khoramshahi
Peilun Hu
Chen Chen
Tianru Xue
Tinghuai Wang
Yuwei Chen
Juha Hyyppä
author_facet Jianxin Jia
Haibin Sun
Changhui Jiang
Kirsi Karila
Mika Karjalainen
Eero Ahokas
Ehsan Khoramshahi
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Chen Chen
Tianru Xue
Tinghuai Wang
Yuwei Chen
Juha Hyyppä
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description Digital maps of road networks are a vital part of digital cities and intelligent transportation. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review on road extraction based on various remote sensing data sources, including high-resolution images, hyperspectral images, synthetic aperture radar images, and light detection and ranging. This review is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the existing data acquisition techniques for road extraction, including data acquisition methods, typical sensors, application status, and prospects. Part 2 underlines the main road extraction methods based on four data sources. In this section, road extraction methods based on different data sources are described and analysed in detail. Part 3 presents the combined application of multisource data for road extraction. Evidently, different data acquisition techniques have unique advantages, and the combination of multiple sources can improve the accuracy of road extraction. The main aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive reference for research on existing road extraction technologies.
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spelling doaj.art-b8f9b2a6184a455a9968b60d4002538b2023-11-22T21:30:26ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-10-011321423510.3390/rs13214235Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road ExtractionJianxin Jia0Haibin Sun1Changhui Jiang2Kirsi Karila3Mika Karjalainen4Eero Ahokas5Ehsan Khoramshahi6Peilun Hu7Chen Chen8Tianru Xue9Tinghuai Wang10Yuwei Chen11Juha Hyyppä12Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandHuawei Helsinki Research Centre, 00180 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, 02430 Kirkkonummi, FinlandDigital maps of road networks are a vital part of digital cities and intelligent transportation. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review on road extraction based on various remote sensing data sources, including high-resolution images, hyperspectral images, synthetic aperture radar images, and light detection and ranging. This review is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the existing data acquisition techniques for road extraction, including data acquisition methods, typical sensors, application status, and prospects. Part 2 underlines the main road extraction methods based on four data sources. In this section, road extraction methods based on different data sources are described and analysed in detail. Part 3 presents the combined application of multisource data for road extraction. Evidently, different data acquisition techniques have unique advantages, and the combination of multiple sources can improve the accuracy of road extraction. The main aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive reference for research on existing road extraction technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4235road extractionhigh-resolution imagehyperspectral imagesynthetic aperture radar (SAR)light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
spellingShingle Jianxin Jia
Haibin Sun
Changhui Jiang
Kirsi Karila
Mika Karjalainen
Eero Ahokas
Ehsan Khoramshahi
Peilun Hu
Chen Chen
Tianru Xue
Tinghuai Wang
Yuwei Chen
Juha Hyyppä
Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
Remote Sensing
road extraction
high-resolution image
hyperspectral image
synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
title Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
title_full Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
title_fullStr Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
title_full_unstemmed Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
title_short Review on Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques for Road Extraction
title_sort review on active and passive remote sensing techniques for road extraction
topic road extraction
high-resolution image
hyperspectral image
synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
light detection and ranging (LiDAR)
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4235
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