Automatic stem mapping by merging several terrestrial laser scans at the feature and decision levels

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1614-1634

  Liang, Xinlian ^a   Hyyppä, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH GEODETIC INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forestry; LiDAR; Multi scan; Multi single scan; Point cloud; Registration; Single scan; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

MULTI-SCAN; MULTI-SINGLE-SCAN; POINT CLOUD; REGISTRATION; SINGLE-SCAN; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

FORESTRY; MAPPING; MERGING; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; PLANT STEM; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; PLANT STEMS; TREES;

DECISION MAKING; INVENTORIES; LASERS; MAPPING; RADAR; SATELLITES; SCANNING; STEMS;

EID: 84873827531     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130201614     Document Type: Article

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