Automated bare earth extraction technique for complex topography in light detection and ranging surveys

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stevenson, Terry H ^a   Magruder, Lori A ^a   Neuenschwander, Amy L ^a   Bradford, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

bare earth extraction; classification; DEM; DTM; LiDAR; terrain; TEXAS

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); EXTRACTION; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHY;

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; TERRAIN; TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION; TEXAS; TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84902160306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073560     Document Type: Article

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