Mapping forest plots: An efficient method combining photogrammetry and field triangulation

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-469

  Korpela, Ilkka ^a   Tuomola, Tuukka ^a   Välimäki, Esko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intertree positioning; Least squares adjustment; Remote sensing; Spatial resection; Trilateration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

INTERTREE POSITIONING; LEAST SQUARES ADJUSTMENT; SPATIAL RESECTION; TRILATERATION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; FOREST CANOPY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAPPING; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TRIANGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36448939413     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.283     Document Type: Review

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