| Record |
Author  |
Zainab Akhtar; Ferda Ofli; Muhammad Imran |
| Title |
Towards Using Remote Sensing and Social Media Data for Flood Mapping |
Type |
Conference Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
ISCRAM 2021 Conference Proceedings – 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
Abbreviated Journal |
Iscram 2021 |
| Volume |
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Issue |
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Pages |
536-551 |
| Keywords |
Flood mapping, social media, Satellite imagery, Remote sensing |
| Abstract |
Ghana's capital, the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is most vulnerable to flooding due to its high population density. This paper proposes the fusion of satellite imagery, social media, and geospatial data to derive near real-time (NRT) flood maps to understand human activity during a disaster and the extent of infrastructure damage. To that end, the paper presents an automatic thresholding technique for NRT flood mapping using Sentinel-1 images where four different speckle filters are compared using the VV, VH and VV/VH polarization to determine the best polarization(s) for delineating flood extents. The VV and VH bands together on Perona-Malik filtered images achieved the highest accuracy with an F1-score of 81.6%. Moreover, all tweet text and images were found to be located in flooded regions or in very close proximity to a flooded region, thus allowing crisis responders to better understand vulnerable communities and what humanitarian action is required. |
| Address |
Qatar Computing Research Institute; Qatar Computing Research Institute; Qatar Computing Research Institute |
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| Publisher |
Virginia Tech |
Place of Publication |
Blacksburg, VA (USA) |
Editor |
Anouck Adrot; Rob Grace; Kathleen Moore; Christopher W. Zobel |
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
English |
Original Title |
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Edition |
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| ISSN |
978-1-949373-61-5 |
ISBN |
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Medium |
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| Track |
Geospatial Technologies and Geographic Information Science for Crisis Management (GIS) |
Expedition |
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Conference |
18th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management |
| Notes |
zakhtar@hbku.edu.qa |
Approved |
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| Call Number |
ISCRAM @ idladmin @ |
Serial |
2354 |
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