A post-processing step error correction algorithm for overlapping LiDAR strips from agricultural landscapes

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-193

  Willers, Jeffrey ^a   Jin, Mingzhou ^b   Eksioglu, Burak ^b   Zusmanis, Andy ^c   O'Hara, Charles ^d   Jenkins, Johnie ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Leica Geosystems AG   (Switzerland)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Digital surface model; LiDAR; Optimization model; Step error

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; BENCHMARKING; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; ERROR DETECTION; ERRORS; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

AGRICULTURE; DIGITAL SURFACE MODEL; LIDAR; OPTIMIZATION MODEL; STEP ERROR;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 53549100994     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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