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average for the red colour band; with a low standard deviation in all samples.<br />
There was also value on the green colour band of just 50% (with little variation) of<br />
the image mean for all samples. Similarly the value returned for the blue colour<br />
band was 20% less than the image average.<br />
Water Sample 1 Mean Pixel Value Standard Deviation<br />
Red 36.455 4.568<br />
Green 69.214 7.254<br />
Blue 81.614 13.217<br />
Water Sample 2 Mean Pixel Value Standard Deviation<br />
Red 36.119 4.562<br />
Green 69.524 6.944<br />
Blue 83.718 12.256<br />
Water Sample 3 Mean Pixel Value Standard Deviation<br />
Red 37.692 5.468<br />
Green 70.758 7.711<br />
Blue 83.386 13.056<br />
Water Sample 4 Mean Pixel Value Standard Deviation<br />
Red 39.714 5.548<br />
Green 73.083 7.07<br />
Blue 82.797 16.235<br />
Table 5: Water sample values<br />
It could also be said that the uniform nature of the results indicate that the relative<br />
depth of the water has little effect on the spectral value of the area for photography<br />
at that height, introducing the potential for water to be used as one of the main<br />
baseline properties in this type of image analysis. It can often be the case that<br />
certain areas contain large amounts of temporary ponds following heavy rain; this<br />
is particularly so in the 1:5000 scale rural mapping. Applying the above values<br />
against pixel histograms for these areas (typically bog or pasture) for photography<br />
runs taken following heavy rainfall could reveal useful data with regards to runoff<br />
and capacity across land areas. In terms of this study the values will form part of a<br />
key against which the histogram values for pixels across the colour bands can be<br />
applied in order to calibrate the key (set of values to identify land cover).<br />
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