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QGIS and Applications in Agriculture and Forest


QGIS and Applications in Agriculture and Forest



Volume 2 
Edited by Nicolas Baghdadi 
Clément Mallet 
Mehrez Zribi 
Introduction 
Agriculture and forestry are fields strongly involved in the use of spatial data, which are essential for monitoring and restoring the spatial and temporal variability of surface states. The latter are key parameters in the understanding and modeling of different plant and soil processes, and in the management of agricultural or forest resources. A very good knowledge of these environments is therefore fundamental both from an economic and ecological point of view. Remote sensing, thanks to the great diversity of spatial (from precision agriculture to global crop monitoring), spectral (active and passive sensors) and temporal (from rapid mapping to annual crop monitoring) resolutions, has become an inevitable support to address these issues. In this context, the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools has long been present in accompanying the exploitation of spatial imagery.



The aim of this second volume is to present different applications in agriculture and forestry. The book, which is supported by scientists who are internationally renowned in their fields, will help update knowledge and describe research and development issues for years to come. It is intended for research teams in geomatics, second-cycle students (engineering schools, master’s degrees) and postgraduate studies (PhD students), and engineers involved in the monitoring and management of agricultural or forestry resources and more fundamentally in the extraction of the knowledge required for these needs. In addition to the texts of the proposed chapters, readers will have access to the data, computer tools as well as screenshots of all the windows, which illustrate all the steps necessary for the realization of each application.



 The first chapter of this volume concerns the estimation of the hydric state of the soil by synergy of radar/optical satellite data. Chapter 2 deals with the disaggregation of thermal data. The third chapter discusses the operational and automatic extraction of agricultural fields from satellite imagery and the French Land Parcel Identification System (RPG). Chapter 4 analyzes an application related to land use mapping. The second part of this volume is devoted to forestry applications and includes five chapters. They cover different applications related to forest mapping with active and passive sensors, in different environments, and clear cut monitoring.

Table of contents : 


Chapter 1. 
Coupling Radar and Optical Data for Soil Moisture Retrieval over Agricultural Areas ................ 1 
Mohammad EL HAJJ, Nicolas BAGHDADI, Mehrez ZRIBI and Hassan BAZZI 
1.1. Context ......................................                                                                                                1 
1.2. Study site and satellite data ..........................                                                                             2 
1.2.1. Radar images ................................                                                                                          2 
1.2.2. Optical image ................................                                                                                         4 
1.2.3. Land cover map ...............................                                                                                       4 
1.3. Methodology ...................................                                                                                          5 
1.3.1. Inversion approach of radar signal for estimating soil moisture . .                                         5 


1.3.2. Segmentation of crop and grasslands areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                               6 
1.3.3. Soil moisture mapping ...........................                                                                                8 
1.4. Implementation of the application via QGIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                            10 
1.4.1. Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                            10 
1.4.2. Radar images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                          14 


1.4.3. Optical image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                         20 
1.4.4. Land cover map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                        26 
1.4.5. Segmentation of crop’s areas and grasslands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                             26 
1.4.6. Elimination of small spatial units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                   29 
1.4.7. Mapping soil moisture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                      33 
1.4.8. Soil moisture maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                       43 
1.5. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                        44 



Chapter 2. Disaggregation of Thermal Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                        47 
Mar BISQUERT and Juan Manuel SÁNCHEZ

2.1. Definition and context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                      47
2.2. Disaggregation method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                     48 
2.2.1. Image pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                         48 
2.2.2. Disaggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                           50 
2.3. Practical application of the disaggregation method . . . . . . . . . . . .                                            53 
2.3.1. Input data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                           53 
2.3.2. Step 1: pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                       54 


2.3.3. Step 2: disaggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                       63 
2.4. Results analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                        73 
2.5. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                         75



Chapter 3. Automatic Extraction of Agricultural Parcels from Remote Sensing Images and the RPG Database with QGIS/OTB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                           77 
Jean-Marc GILLIOT, Camille LE PRIOL, Emmanuelle VAUDOUR and Philippe MARTIN

3.1. Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                           77 
3.2. Method of AP extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                    79 
3.2.1. Formatting the RPG data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                       79 


3.2.2. Classification of SPOT satellite images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                81 
3.2.3. Intersect overlay between extracted AP and FB with crop validation .  ................................81 
3.3. Practical application of the AP extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................82 
3.3.1. Software and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................................ 83 
3.3.2. Setting up the Python script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................86 
3.3.3. Step 1: formatting the RPG data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................89 
3.3.4. Step 2: classification of SPOT satellite Images . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............................................97 


3.3.5. Step 3: intersect overlay between extracted AP and FB and crop validation . . . . . . . . . . . .110 
3.4. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................116 
3.5. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................116

Chapter 4. Land Cover Mapping Using Sentinel-2 Images and the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin: A Northern Burkina Faso Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 
Louise LEROUX, Luca CONGEDO, Beatriz BELLÓN, Raffaele GAETANO and Agnès BÉGUÉ



4.1. Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................................119 
4.2. Workflow for land cover mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............................................120 
4.2.1. Introduction to SCP and S2 images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................................120 
4.2.2. Pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................122 
4.2.3. Land cover classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................126 
4.2.4. Classification accuracy assessment and post-processing . . . . . . . .......................................129 
4.3. Implementation with QGIS and the plugin SCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................................131 
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4.3.1. Software and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................131 
4.3.2. Step 1: data pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................133 
4.3.3. Step 2: land cover classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................139 
4.3.4. Step 3: assessment of the classification accuracy and post-processing . ..............................144 
4.4. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................150



Chapter 5. Detection and Mapping of Clear-Cuts with Optical Satellite Images . . . . . . . . . . 153 
Kenji OSE
5.1. Definition and context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................153 
5.2. Clear-cuts detection method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................154 
5.2.1. Step 1: change detection – geometric and radiometric pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 
5.2.2. Steps 2 and 3: forest delimitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    ...............................................160 
5.2.3. Step 4: clear-cuts classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................160 
5.2.4. Steps 5 and 6: export in vector mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................162 


5.2.5. Step 7: statistical evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................164 
5.2.6. Method limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................................166 
5.3. Practical application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................166 
5.3.1. Software and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................166 
5.3.2. Step 1: creation of the changes image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................................168 
5.3.3. Steps 2 and 3: creation, merging and integration of masks . . . . .                                          170 
5.3.4. Step 4: clear-cuts detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               ......................................174 
5.3.5. Step 5: vector conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................       177 
5.4. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                        180

Chapter 6. Vegetation Cartography from Sentinel-1 Radar Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 


Pierre-Louis FRISON and Cédric LARDEUX

6.1. Definition and context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                     181 
6.2. Classification of remote sensing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................183 
6.3. Sentinel-1 data processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................185 
6.3.1. Radiometric calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................186 
6.3.2. Ortho-rectification of calibrated data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................186 
6.3.3. Clip over a common area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................187 
6.3.4. Filtering to reduce the speckle effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................187 
6.3.5. Generation of color compositions based on different polarizations ......................................188 
6.4. Implementation of the processing within QGIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................................189 
6.4.1. Downloading data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................................194 
6.4.2. Calibration, ortho-rectification and stacking of Sentinel-1 data over a common area . . . . . .198 


6.4.3. Speckle filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................................201
 6.4.4. Other tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................... 202 
6.5. Data classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................... 205 
6.6. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................... 212

Chapter 7. Remote Sensing of Distinctive Vegetation in Guiana Amazonian Park . . . . . . . . . 215 
Nicolas KARASIAK and Pauline PERBET
7.1. Context and definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................215 
7.1.1. Global context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................................................215 
7.1.2. Species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................216 
7.1.3. Remote sensing images available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. ..217 


7.1.4. Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................219 
7.1.5. Method implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................219 
7.2. Software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................220 
7.2.1. Dependencies installation available in OsGeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................220 
7.2.2. Installation of scikit-learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................221 
7.2.3. Dzetsaka installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................222 
7.3. Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................................................222 
7.3.1. Image processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................................223 
7.3.2. Cloud mask creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................... .225 
7.4. Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................................................227 
7.4.1. Creating training plots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................227 
7.4.2. Classification with dzetsaka plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................230 
7.4.3. Post-classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................................236 
7.5. Final processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................239 
7.5.1. Synthesis of predicted images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................240 
7.5.2. Global synthesis and cleaning unwanted areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........................................242 
7.5.3. Statistical validation – limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................244 
7.6. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................245 
7.7. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................245  



Chapter 8. Physiognomic Map of Natural Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . .........................................247 
Samuel ALLEAUME and Sylvio LAVENTURE
8.1. Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................... 247 
8.2. Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................247 
8.2.1. Segmentation of the VHSR mono-date image . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 249 
8.2.2. Calculation of temporal variability indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 249 
8.2.3. Extraction of natural vegetation using time series . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... 251 
8.2.4. Vegetation densities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. 252 
8.2.5. Maximum productivity index of herbaceous areas . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... 255 
8.3. Implementation of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... 256 
8.3.1. Study area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................  256 
8.3.2. Software and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................... 257 
8.3.3. Step 1: VHSR image processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................. 259 
8.3.4. Step 2: calculation of the variability indices on the time series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 
8.3.5. Step 3: extraction of the natural vegetations from the time series of Sentinel-2 image by thresholding method . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                                               267 


8.3.6. Step 4: classification of vegetation density by supervised classification SVM . . . . . . . . 274 
8.3.7. Step 5: extraction of the level of productivity of grasslands . . . . . ...................................277 
8.3.8. Step 6: final map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................279 
8.4. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................282


Chapter 9. Object-Based Classification for Mountainous Vegetation Physiognomy Mapping 283 
Vincent THIERION and Marc LANG 
9.1. Definition and context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................................283 
9.2. Method for detecting montane vegetation physiognomy . . . . . . . . . ..................................284 
9.2.1. Satellite image pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................................286 
9.2.2. Image segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................... 289 
9.2.3. Sampling, learning and segmented image classification . . . . . . . ....................................291 
9.2.4. Statistical validation of classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................ 295 


9.2.5. Limits of the method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................297 
9.3. Application in QGIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...............................................298 
9.3.1 Pre-processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................299 
9.3.2. Segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................312 
9.3.3. Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................319 
9.4. Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................337 
List of Authors ................................... ......................................................................................341 
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................................343 
Scientific Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................................347
  

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