TY - JFULL AU - Erick López-Ornelas PY - 2009/7/ TI - High Resolution Images: Segmenting, Extracting Information and GIS Integration T2 - International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering SP - 1503 EP - 1509 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1099 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 30, 2009 N2 - As the world changes more rapidly, the demand for update information for resource management, environment monitoring, planning are increasing exponentially. Integration of Remote Sensing with GIS technology will significantly promote the ability for addressing these concerns. This paper presents an alternative way of update GIS applications using image processing and high resolution images. We show a method of high-resolution image segmentation using graphs and morphological operations, where a preprocessing step (watershed operation) is required. A morphological process is then applied using the opening and closing operations. After this segmentation we can extract significant cartographic elements such as urban areas, streets or green areas. The result of this segmentation and this extraction is then used to update GIS applications. Some examples are shown using aerial photography. ER -