Satellite data for Singapore, Manila and Kuala Lumpur city growth analysis

Mukesh Singh Boori; Komal Choudhary; Alexander Kupriyanov; Viktor Kovelskiy

Data in Brief (Jun 2016)

Satellite data for Singapore, Manila and Kuala Lumpur city growth analysis

Mukesh Singh Boori,
Komal Choudhary,
Alexander Kupriyanov,
Viktor Kovelskiy

Affiliations

Mukesh Singh Boori: Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia; American Sentinel University, CO, USA; Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Corresponding author at: Scientific Research Laboratory of Geo-informatics and Information Security (SRL-55), Samara State Aerospace University, Russia. Tel.: +7 8463323799, +1 800 729 2427.
Komal Choudhary: Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia
Alexander Kupriyanov: Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia; Image Processing Systems Institute, Samara, Russia
Viktor Kovelskiy: Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 1576 – 1583

Abstract

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This data article presents satellite data related to city growth of Singapore, Manila and Kuala Lumpur cities. The data were collected from NASA and USGS websites. A method has been developed for city built-up density from city center to outward till 50 km by using satellite data. These data sets consists three decade Landsat images. A detailed description is given to show how to use this data to produce urban growth maps. The urban growth maps have been used to know the changes and growth pattern in the Southeast Asia Cities. Keywords: Urban growth, City density, Landsat satellite data, Change detection, Remote sensing, GIS, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur

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ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/

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