Automatic extraction of trees from aerial images and surface models

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 34, Issue , 2003, Pages 157-164

  Straub, Bernd M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Automatic; Extraction; Forestry; Scale space; Snakes; Tree; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION; COARSE STRUCTURE; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; FINE STRUCTURES; MULTISCALE REPRESENTATIONS; SURFACE MODELING; WATERSHED TRANSFORMATIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646808302     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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