1. Classifying LANDSAT images: Beginner’s edition (Jun20, 2017)
Prakhar Misra, D3
Wataru Takeuchi Lab
The University of Tokyo

2. Some common problems
Downloading dataset
Downloading incorrect dataset
Processing huge dataset
Sharing dataset

3. Google Earth Engine
“ cloud based platform for planetary-scale Earth science data & analysis”
Not Google Earth
Fill application to get access
Programming skills preferable
Lot of people assist
A note of caution

4. Some examples

5. はじめましょう

6. Goal Display images Preparation dataset Preparing training data
Supervised classifying
Save result

7. Image collections https://explorer.earthengine.google.com/
8 day, 32 day, Annual composites calculated already
Also NDVI, EVI, BAI, NDWI
Filter by date/location

8. Try

9. Clean, add more bands Remove clouds Use cloud mask Add NDVI, etc bands
Overlay

10. Try

11. Training dataset or ‘High Resolution training with Google Earth’
Use Google Earth
Save as .kml
Upload and Convert to Fusion Table

12. Try

13. Classify Supervised/ Unsupervised Instantiate a classifier
Train it over training data
Classify the image

14. Try

15. Save result
To Google Drive