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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-455-2019</article-id>
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<article-title>UAV AND SATELLITE IMAGERY APPLIED TO ALIEN SPECIES MAPPING IN NW SPAIN</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Martínez-Sánchez</surname>
<given-names>J.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>González-de Santos</surname>
<given-names>L. M.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Novo</surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>González-Jorge</surname>
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<addr-line>Geotech Group, Mining and Energy Engineering School, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>UAS Research Area, Fundación Centro de Innovación Aeroespacial de Galicia, Edificio, Nigrán, Spain</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Geotech Group, Aerospace Engineering School, University of Vigo, Ourense, Spain</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>04</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
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<volume>XLII-2/W13</volume>
<fpage>455</fpage>
<lpage>459</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: © 2019 J. Martínez-Sánchez et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Image classification stands as an essential tool for automated mapping, that is demanded by agencies and stakeholders dealing with geospatial information. Decreasing costs or UAV-based surveying and open access to high resolution satellite images such as that provided by European Union’s Copernicus programme are the basis for multi-temporal landscape analysis and monitoring. Besides that, invasive alien species are considered a risk for biodiversity and their inventory is needed for further control and eradication. In this work, a methodology for semi-automatic detection of invasive alien species through UAV surveying and Sentinel 2 satellite monitoring is presented and particularized for &lt;i&gt;Acacia dealbata&lt;/i&gt; Link species in the province of Pontevedra, in NW Spain. We selected a scenario with notable invasion of &lt;i&gt;Acaciae&lt;/i&gt; and performed a UAS surveying to outline feasible training areas. Such areas were used as bounds for obtaining a spectral response of the cover from Sentinel 2 images with a level of processing 2A, that was used for invasive area detection. Sparse detected areas were treated as a seed for a region growing step to obtain the final map of alien species.</p>
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