3D tree dimensionality assessment using photogrammetry and small unmanned aerial vehicles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Gatziolis, Demetrios ^a   Lienard, Jean F ^b   Vogs, Andre ^b,c   Strigul, Nikolay S ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FOREST; IMAGE PROCESSING; MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISION; WORKFLOW; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TREE;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84947474868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137765     Document Type: Article

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