Tree species identification using LIDAR and optical imagery

Research for Rural Development

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-41

  Prieditis, Gints ^a   Šmits, Ingus ^a   Daģis, Salvis ^a   Dubrovskis, Dagnis ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Data fusion; Forest inventory; Laser scanning

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA FUSION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY;

FOREST INVENTORY; FREQUENCY FILTERING; LASER SCANNING; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REGION GROWING ALGORITHM; THRESHOLD SEGMENTATION; TREE SPECIES IDENTIFICATIONS;

FORESTRY;

AIR CRAFT; FORESTRY; INVENTORIES; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOTOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84904436203     PISSN: 16914031     EISSN: 16914031     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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