Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine image processing techniques.
- Project specifications are identified and analysed to determine appropriate image, merger and modelling techniques according to organisational requirements.
- Appropriate data collection and analysis techniques in remote sensing process are determined according to project specifications.
- Suitable digital image processing techniques and digital image data formats are selected according to project specifications.
- Additional characteristics of image and metadata are identified according to project specifications.
- Select computing platforms and software systems for image processing.
- Appropriate computing platforms and software systems are assessed for suitability according to project specifications.
- Availability of suitable data is verified with potential suppliers according to project specifications.
- Constraints on use of spatial data are assessed against project specifications and contingencies are planned according to organisational requirements.
- Commercially available image processing systems are assessed to determine appropriate components, menu items, characteristics and statistics to meet project specifications.
- Enhance and manipulate images.
- Transformation routines using image calculations are conducted.
- Edge enhancements and smoothing filters are applied using convolution matrices.
- Image transformation is performed with channels of brightness, greenness and wetness.
- Imagery for distribution is determined according to project specifications.
- Perform classifications on datasets.
- Thematic classifications and relative differentiations between supervised and unsupervised classification algorithms are determined.
- Supervised classification algorithms are applied using training samples according to project specifications.
- Error analysis is conducted to perform an approximate accuracy assessment of classifications.
- Hard copy outputs are produced according to project specifications.
- Conduct data merger and GIS integration.