Experimental comparison of filter algorithms for bare-Earth extraction from airborne laser scanning point clouds

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-101

  Sithole, George ^a   Vosselman, George ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

digital elevation models; digital surface models; filtering; laser scanning; LIDAR; performance analysis; point cloud; tests

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); LASERS; SCANNING;

BARE-EARTH EXTRACTION; DATASETS; FILTER ALGORITHMS; LASER SCANNING;

EXTRACTION;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FILTER; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3342949547     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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