Integrating structure and function: mapping the hierarchical spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Object features used for classification

Object features	Description
Mean value^a	Mean value of a specific band of an image object
Brightness	Average value of the 5 multispectral bands of an image object
Max. diff.	Max intensity difference of the 5 multispectral bands of an image object
NDVI	Mean value of the (NIR − red)/(NIR + red) of an image object
NDWI	Mean value of the (green − NIR)/(green + NIR) of an image object
Canny	Mean value of the Canny edge of an image object