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Therefore, this manuscript proposes a new identification method of surface cracks from UAV images based on machine learning in coal mining areas. First, the acquired UAV image is cut into small sub-images, and divided into four datasets according to the characteristics of background information: Bright Ground, Dark Dround, Withered Vegetation, and Green Vegetation. Then, for each dataset, a training sample is established with cracks and no cracks as labels and the RGB (red, green, and blue) three-band value of the sub-image as feature. Finally, the best machine learning algorithms, dimensionality reduction methods and image processing techniques are obtained through comparative analysis. The results show that using the V-SVM (Support vector machine with V as penalty function) machine learning algorithm, principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce the full features to 95% of the original variance, and image color enhancement by Laplace sharpening, the overall accuracy could reach 88.99%. This proves that the method proposed in this manuscript can achieve high-precision crack extraction from UAV image.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12101571","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,15]],"date-time":"2020-05-15T10:53:59Z","timestamp":1589540039000},"page":"1571","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["A New Identification Method for Surface Cracks from UAV Images Based on Machine Learning in Coal Mining Areas"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Fan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6225-6787","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhenqi","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yaokun","family":"Fu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kun","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qunying","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Yulin Economic Development Zone, Yulin 719000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zewei","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenmu Hanjiawan Coal Mining Company Ltd., Shanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group, Shenmu 719315, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jseaes.2016.01.003","article-title":"Holocene intracontinental deformation of the northern north china plain: Evidence of tectonic ground fissures","volume":"119","author":"Xu","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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