Automated analysis of aerial photographs and potential for historic forest mapping

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 699-710

  Morgan, Jessica L ^a,b   Gergel, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRE Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION; AUTOMATED PROCEDURES; AUTOMATED TECHNIQUES; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE ANALYSIS; HISTORIC INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; OVERALL ACCURACIES;

AUTOMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR CRAFT; AUTOMATION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84880932227     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0492     Document Type: Article

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