Waveform-based point cloud classification in land-cover identification

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-88

  Tseng, Yi Hsing ^a   Wang, Cheng Kai ^a   Chu, Hone Jay ^a   Hung, Yu Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airborne LiDAR; Full waveform topographic LiDAR; Optical image; Point cloud classification; Waveform feature; Waveform based classifiers

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LIDAR; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920646105     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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