In this paper, we have introduced an automated counting technique of human settlement from remotely
sensed data. Tree counting technique is adopted to count the number of houses at study area for both
formal and informal house structure. Our future work will involves automated production of maps of
human settlement based on object-oriented approach integrated with technique used in this work. The
developed algorithm can be prototyped in specific software. To minimize false positives, future work will
experiment with robustness of the approach to geo-cultural, seasonal, illumination, look-angle variations
and additional study on the parameter used in ach stages. The scarcity of reliable data for map validation
and the difficulty in obtaining other data such as census statistics as the main obstacles to settlement
mapping at study area.