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Based on time series data of SPOT / VGT and DMSP / OLS, the built-up and non-built-up areas of countries in South Asia were extracted via the local support vector machine method. Accuracy assessment showed that Kappa coefficients were above 0.85 were achieved in 1998 and 2013. Based on built-up areas detected, the urban expansion of the eight South Asian countries and their major cities were analyzed...
The Southeast U.S. is listed one of the fastest growing regions by the Census Bureau. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)'s Operational Line-scan System (OLS) nighttime light (NTL) imagery offers a good opportunity for characterizing the extent and dynamics of urban development at global and regional scales. However, their ability to characterize inter-urban variation is limited due...
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