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Abstract : In this paper, we present that hyperspectral image classification based on sparse representation can be significantly improved by using an image enhancement step. Spatial enhancement allows further analysis of hyperspectral imagery, as it reduces the intensity variations within the image. Perona-Malik, a partial differential equation based non-linear diffusion scheme is used for the enhancement of the hyperspectral imagery prior to classification. The diffusion technique applied smoothens the homogenous areas of hyperspectral imagery and thereby increases the separability of the classes. The diffusion scheme is applied individually to each band of the hyperspectral imagery and it does not take into account the spectral relationship among different bands. Experiments are performed on the real hyperspectral dataset AVIRIS (Airborne Visible/IR Imaging Spectrometer) 1992 Indiana Indian Pines imagery. We compared the classification statistics of hyperspectral imagery before and after performing the spatial preprocessing step in order to prove the effectiveness of the proposed method. The experiments results proved that the hyperspectral image classification using sparse representation along with spatial enhancement step lead to 97.53% of classification accuracy which is high when compared with the classification accuracy obtained without applying the spatial preprocessing technique.