Identifyng Visual Characteristics of Ikonos Image Featuring Aesthetic Quality of Urban Landscape

Abstract

Spatializing landscape aesthetic has an important role to make aesthetic map that can be used for urban landscape planning and analizing. This research is initial research to be directed toward formulating the aesthetic map by utilizing Ikonos image. The research was conducted by using descriptive method through field survey and analysis of Ikonos image. The research consisted of several steps. they were analyzing visual characteristics of Ikonos image, field survey, assessment of terrain aesthetic, and analyzing correlation between visual characteristics with aesthetic quality. Geographical Information System was utilized to analyze visual characteristics of Ikonos image, and Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE) was used for assessing the aesthetic of terrain. Result of the research generally shows there is a consistency of visual characteristics on Ikonos image featuring quality aesthetic on terrain. Visual elements indicate high quality aesthetic are vegetation, waterbody. Conversely, visual elements indicate low aestetic quality are building and open area (without vegetation cover).