Countrywide stereo-image matching for updating digital surface models in the framework of the swiss national forest inventory

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4343-4370

  Ginzler, Christian ^a   Hobi, Martina L ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aerial images; Agreement; Canopy height model (CHM); Digital photogrammetry; Digital surface model (DSM); Sensor; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; FORESTRY; IMAGE MATCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SENSORS; SURVEYS;

ACCURACY; AERIAL IMAGES; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; SWITZERLAND;

STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SENSORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84937910762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70404343     Document Type: Article

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