Image Characterization And Modeling System (ICAMS)

ICAMS processes remote sensing imagery to extract relevant spatial information. Several analytical methods are implemented: wavelet methods, fractal and lacunarity methods. ICAMS was developed in C++ by Wei Zhao, Guiyun Zhou, and Wenxue Ju based on research grants under Dr. Nina Lam and co-PIs.

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Please see a list of publications for ICAMS citation:

Any publications or reports that use the results from ICAMS should have proper citation(s). Some of the suggested references are:

Lam NS-N, Cheng W, Zou L, Cai H (2018) Effects of landscape fragmentation on land loss. Remote Sensing of Environment 209:253–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.12.034 Cite
Ju W, Lam NS-N (2009) An improved algorithm for computing local fractal dimension using the triangular prism method. Computers & Geosciences 35:1224–1233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.09.008 Cite Download Download
Lam N, Zhou G, Ju W, et al (2008) Relating Visual Changes in Images with Spatial Metrics. In: Understanding Dynamics of Geographic Domains Cite Download
Zhou G, Lam NS-N (2008) Reducing Edge Effects in the Classification of High Resolution Imagery. photogramm eng remote sensing 74:431–441. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.74.4.431 Cite Download
Emerson CW, Chinniah S, Lam NS-N, Quattrochi DA (2007) Spatial and Grayscale Metadata for Similarity Searches of Image Databases. GIScience & Remote Sensing 44:182–201. https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.44.2.182 Cite Download
Myint SW, Mesev V, Lam N (2006) Urban Textural Analysis from Remote Sensor Data: Lacunarity Measurements Based on the Differential Box Counting Method. Geographical Analysis 38:371–390. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00691.x Cite Download Download
Myint SW, Lam N (2005) Examining Lacunarity Approaches in Comparison with Fractal and Spatial Autocorrelation Techniques for Urban Mapping. photogramm eng remote sensing 71:927–937. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.71.8.927 Cite Download
Zhou G, Lam NS-N (2005) A comparison of fractal dimension estimators based on multiple surface generation algorithms. Computers & Geosciences 31:1260–1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2005.03.016 Cite Download Download
Kulkarni A (2004) Evaluation of the impacts of Hurricane Hugo on the land cover of Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina using remote sensing. LSU Master’s Theses Cite Download
Lam NS-N, Qiu H, Quattrochi DA, Emerson CW (2002) An Evaluation of Fractal Methods for Characterizing Image Complexity. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 29:25–35. https://doi.org/10.1559/152304002782064600 Cite Download Download
Lam NS, Quattrochi D, Qiu H, Zhao W (1998) Environmental assessment and monitoring with image characterization and modeling system using multiscale remote sensing data. Applied Geographic Studies 2:77–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6319(199822)2:2<77::AID-AGS1>3.0.CO;2-O Cite Download
Quattrochi DA, Lam NNS, Qiu H, Zhao W (1997) Image Characterization and Modeling System (ICAMS): A Geographic Information System for the Characterization and Modeling of Multiscale Remote Sensing Data. In: Quattrochi DA, Goodchild MF (eds) Scale in remote sensing and GIS. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Fla Cite Download