<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Asbestos and asbestos containing products are harmful to human health, and therefore its use has been legally forbidden in the EU. Since there is no adequate data on the amount of asbestos-cement roofing in Poland, the objective of this study was to map asbestos-cement roofing with the use of hyperspectral APEX data (288 bands at the spatial resolution of 2.7 m) in the Karpacz area (southwest Poland). A field survey constituted the basis for training and verification polygons in the classification process. A SAM classification method was performed with the following classification results: 62% producer’s accuracy, 73% user’s accuracy and an overall accuracy of 95%. The asbestos-cement roofing for buildings may be discriminated with a high classification accuracy with the use of hyperspectral imagery. The vast majority of the classified buildings were characterised by their small area (i.e. residential type buildings), which reduced the overall accuracy of the classification.</p></abstract>

Asbestos and asbestos containing products are harmful to human health, and therefore its use has been legally forbidden in the EU. Since there is no adequate data on the amount of asbestos-cement roofing in Poland, the objective of this study was to map asbestos-cement roofing with the use of hyperspectral APEX data (288 bands at the spatial resolution of 2.7 m) in the Karpacz area (southwest Poland). A field survey constituted the basis for training and verification polygons in the classification process. A SAM classification method was performed with the following classification results: 62% producer’s accuracy, 73% user’s accuracy and an overall accuracy of 95%. The asbestos-cement roofing for buildings may be discriminated with a high classification accuracy with the use of hyperspectral imagery. The vast majority of the classified buildings were characterised by their small area (i.e. residential type buildings), which reduced the overall accuracy of the classification.

Mapping asbestos-cement roofing with the use of APEX hyperspectral airborne imagery: Karpacz area, Poland – a case study

University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing, Warsaw, Poland

WGS84 Polska Sp. z o.o., Milanówek, Poland

VITO - Centre for Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes

Miscellanea Geographica

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Asbestos and asbestos containing products are harmful to human health, and therefore its use has been legally forbidden in the EU. Since there is no adequate...

Mapping asbestos-cement roofing with the use of APEX hyperspectral airborne imagery: Karpacz area, Poland – a case study

Published Online: Apr 20, 2016

Page range: 41 - 46

Received: Sep 09, 2015

Accepted: Jan 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0007

Keywords
Asbestos, asbestos containing products, SAM classification, APEX data, asbestos removal process, Poland

© by Małgorzata Krówczyńska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mapping asbestos-cement roofing with the use of APEX hyperspectral airborne imagery: Karpacz area, Poland – a case study

Published Online: Apr 20, 2016

Page range: 41 - 46

Received: Sep 09, 2015

Accepted: Jan 26, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0007

KeywordsAsbestos, asbestos containing products, SAM classification, APEX data, asbestos removal process, Poland

© by Małgorzata Krówczyńska

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Asbestos, asbestos containing products, SAM classification, APEX data, asbestos removal process, Poland