Ground filtering and vegetation mapping using multi-return terrestrial laser scanning

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-63

  Pirotti, Francesco ^a   Guarnieri, Alberto ^a   Vettore, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DEM DTM; Point cloud processing; Spatial classification; Terrestrial laser scanning; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

LASERS; MAPPING; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROCESSING; SCANNING; SENSORS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; VEGETATION;

DEM/DTM; POINT CLOUD; SPATIAL CLASSIFICATION; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VEGETATION MAPPING;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

CANOPY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FILTER; RESEARCH WORK; SENSOR; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 84873248650     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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