Advances in vegetation management for power line corridor monitoring using aerial remote sensing techniques

2010 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry, CARPI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Li, Zhengrong ^a   Walker, Rodney ^b   Hayward, Ross ^a   Mejias, Luis ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Multi spectral imagery; Power line corridor monitoring; Power line detection; Remote sensing; Tree crown segmentation; Tree species classification; Unmanned Aerial System (UAS); Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

LIDAR; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; POWER LINES; TREE CROWNS; TREE SPECIES; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT;

DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC LINES; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 78650323912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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