Due to complex terrain of the Loess Plateau, the classification accuracy is unsatisfactory when a single supervised classification
is used in the remote sensing investigation of the sloping field. Taking the loess hill and gully area of northern Shaanxi
Province as a test area, a research was conducted to extract sloping field and other land use categories by applying an integrated
classification. Based on an integration of supervised classification and unsupervised classification, sampling method is remarkably
improved. The results show that the classification accuracy is satisfactory by the method and is of critical significance
in obtaining up-to-date information of the sloping field, which should be helpful in the state key project of converting farmland
to forest and grassland on slope land in this area. This research sought to improve the application accuracy of image classification
in complex terrain areas.
Key words remote sensing - integrated classification - loess hilly and gully area - sloping field - Shaanxi