The performance of a local maxima method for detecting individual tree tops in aerial photographs

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1159-1175

  Korpela, Ilkka ^a   Anttila, Perttu ^b   Pitkänen, Juho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; PATTERN MATCHING; REMOTE SENSING;

LOCAL MAXIMA METHOD; TREE FOREST INVENTORIES; TREE TOP IMAGE POSITIONS;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FOREST INVENTORY; REMOTE SENSING;

AIR CRAFT; ERRORS; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; TREES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33744806956     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500354070     Document Type: Article

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