Category: Image Processing

Based on the paper by M. Stasolla and H. Greidanus from 2016, a workflow is followed to estimate ship sizes based on Sentinel-1 imagery. Most importantly, a fundamental element in their workflow is the usage of mathematical morphology to “clean” the SAR image in order to estimate the real-world boundaries of ships

In this image processing class, some exercises were completed in (Binary) Mathematical Morphology. The used methods are erosion, dilation, opening, closing as well as skeletonize and convex hull. The binary image in this case is a geotiff representing sealed surfaces (1) or unsealed surfaces (0) in the Golf of Benin, spanning Togo, Benin and Nigeria