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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The 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-XLIX-B2-2026-657-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Pixel-based vegetation mapping at class-level from UAV multispectral imagery: application in an alpine lake ecosystem</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Elahi</surname>
<given-names>Mohammad</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>Spadaro</surname>
<given-names>Alessandra</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Matrone</surname>
<given-names>Francesca</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Lingua</surname>
<given-names>Andrea Maria</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Graziani</surname>
<given-names>Chiara</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fra</surname>
<given-names>Vittorio</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>DIST, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino, Viale Pier Andrea Mattioli, 39, Torino, Italy</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>DIATI, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B2-2026</volume>
<fpage>657</fpage>
<lpage>664</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Mohammad Elahi et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access">
<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>Vegetation mapping in alpine environments is essential for monitoring ecosystem dynamics and climate change impacts, yet remains challenging when using very high-resolution UAV imagery under limited labeled data. This study proposes a data-centric, pixel- based classification framework for class-level vegetation mapping using multispectral UAV data acquired in an alpine study area. The approach prioritizes improving data representation rather than increasing model complexity. To address label scarcity, a feature-rich dataset was constructed by integrating spectral information, vegetation indices, and lightweight spatial descriptors to enhance class separability. Classification was performed using XGBoost, which is well suited for multispectral tabular data and robust under imbalanced conditions. The results show consistent classification performance across vegetation types and demonstrate the effectiveness of dataset enrichment under limited supervision, highlighting the importance of feature representation in data-scarce scenarios.</p>
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