Abstract:Rapid development of remote sensing technology and artificial intelligence has provided an implementation approach for image-based automatic land cover classification. In this paper, through modifing the output layer of the deep residual network (ResNet50), by using transfer learning and the pre trained parameter model of the network on the ImageNet database as the initial parameter model of the land cover classification network, by further fine-tuning training on the remote sensing image database, the industrial zone, forest classification of 7 types of land cover, including parking lots have been realized. The classification accuracy in the RSSCN7 and NWPU RESISC45 databases can reach 92.32% and 99.29%, respectively. The experimental results show that the ResNet50 deep learning algorithm based on transfer learning can achieve fast, effective, and accurate land cover classification and recognition of remote sensing images