In this paper, a technique for the extraction of roads in a high resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image is
presented. And a three-step method is developed for the extraction of road network from space borne SAR image: the
process of the feature points, road candidate detection and connection. Roads in a high resolution SAR image can be
modeled as a homogeneous dark area bounded by two parallel boundaries. Dark areas, which represent the candidate
positions for roads, are extracted from the image by a Gaussian probability iteration segmentation. Possible road
candidates are further processed using the morphological operators. And the roads are accurately detected by Hough
Transform, and the extraction of lines is achieved by searching the peak values in Hough Space. In this process, to detect
roads more accurately, post-processing, including noisy dark regions removal and false roads removal is performed. At
last, Road candidate connection is carried out hierarchically according to road established models. Finally, the main road
network is established from the SAR image successfully. As an example, using the ERS-2SAR image data, automatic
detection of main road network in Shanghai Pudong area is presented.
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