Abstract:How to automatically obtain residential information is a key problem in the fields of remote sensing. In this paper, setting Penglai city of Shandong province as a study area, based on spectral analysis of 2004 TM image, automatic information extraction model of residential based on knowledge is set up, and the extraction accuracy of the results have been evaluated. As showed by the results, urban residents in Penglai area can be automatically extracted by using this model, and the extraction accuracy has been greatly improved than traditional method of supervised classification.