The Kinect: A low-cost, high-resolution, short-range 3D camera

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 926-936

  Mankoff, Kenneth David ^a   Russo, Tess Alethea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Digital elevation model (DEM); Geomorphology; Sensor; Structered light

Indexed keywords

BASIC DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPERATING RANGES; THREE AXIS ACCELEROMETERS; VISUAL WAVELENGTH;

BATHYMETRY; CAMERAS; COSTS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; SENSORS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

BATHYMETRY; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; LIDAR; SENSOR; SPATIAL DATA;

EID: 84880132284     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3332     Document Type: Article

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