Individual tree crown delineation techniques for vegetation management in power line corridor

Proceedings - Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, DICTA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 148-154

  Li, Zhengrong ^a,b   Hayward, Ross ^a   Zhang, Jinglan ^a   Liu, Yuee ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Center for Spatial Information ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN; OBJECT BASED; PLANT INFORMATION; POWER LINES; REGION GROWING; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; TREE CROWN DELINEATION; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRIC LINES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

VEGETATION;

EID: 67549121193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DICTA.2008.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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