The potential of digital surface models based on aerial images for automated vegetation mapping

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1855-1870

  Granholm, Ann Helen ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^a   Allard, Anna ^a   Holmgren, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAPPING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNERS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL MAPPING CAMERAS; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; TREE HEIGHT ESTIMATION;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL SURVEY; AIRBORNE SENSING; CANOPY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AIR CRAFT; IMAGES; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 84928480114     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1029094     Document Type: Article

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