International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 186 - Number 31 |
Year of Publication: 2024 |
Authors: Joy Roy, Muhammad Anwarul Azim, Abu Nowshed Chy, Mohammad Khairul Islam |
10.5120/ijca2024923822 |
Joy Roy, Muhammad Anwarul Azim, Abu Nowshed Chy, Mohammad Khairul Islam . Detection and Classification of Mahogany Tree Species via Satellite Imagery, Google Earth Engine, and Deep Learning. International Journal of Computer Applications. 186, 31 ( Jul 2024), 18-26. DOI=10.5120/ijca2024923822
The mahogany tree is widely used in various industries worldwide for its valuable timber. In response to the increasing scarcity of mahogany wood, particularly in Bangladesh, this study presents an automated process for detecting and classifying mahogany tree species. Focusing on the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh region where multi-polygons delineating mahogany trees and other land cover types were generated using Google Earth Engine. Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from 2019 and 2020 provided spectral band wavelength data, enabling the creation of datasets with two classes: mahogany tree and non-mahogany tree cover types. To enhance model performance and accuracy, the four satellite datasets removed irrelevant columns and eliminated 7,661 duplicate entries, resulting in 2,339 unique entries. The refined dataset comprises 12 spectral band features and one class attribute, which significantly improves the classification accuracy. Supervised classification employed a multilayer perceptron deep neural network with three hidden layers. The model achieved a training accuracy of 99.76% and testing accuracy of 96.58%, with a precision of 98.36%, recall of 99.05%, and F1-Score of 97.6%. The optimal performance was observed with the Spectral band wavelength dataset of Satellite Surface Reflectance 2019 images using the Adam optimizer. This research contributes to advancing automated methods for mahogany tree detection, facilitating conservation efforts for tree species, and informing resource management practices in Bangladesh and beyond.