A mathematical morphology-based multi-level filter of LiDAR data for generating DTMs

Science China Information Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Chen, Dong ^a   Zhang, LiQiang ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Deng, Hao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DTMs; LiDAR; mathematical morphology; multi level filter

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; CRITICAL GRADIENT; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DTMS; LIGHT DETECTING AND RANGING TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-LEVEL FILTER; POINT MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE EXPERIMENTS;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; RURAL AREAS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84885018093     PISSN: 1674733X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11432-012-4707-3     Document Type: Article

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