An Image-Segmentation-Based Urban DTM Generation Method Using Airborne Lidar Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 496-506

  Chen, Ziyue ^a   Xu, Bing ^b   Gao, Bingbo ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Digital terrain model (DTM); image segmentation; light detection and ranging (Lidar); urban

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; OPTICAL RADAR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA; GENERATION ALGORITHM; GENERATION METHOD; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; PROCESSING METHOD; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; LIDAR; SEGMENTATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84954177651     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2512498     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. P. Axelsson, "DEM generation form laser scanner data using adaptive TIN models, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 33, pt. B4, pp. 110-117, 2000.
2. M. Baatz and A. Schape, "Multiresolution segmentation: An optimization approach for high quality multi-scale image segmentation, " in Proc. Angew. Geogr. Informationsverarb. XII, 2000, pp. 12-23.
3. U. C. Benz, P. Hofmann, G. Willhauck, I. Lingenfelder, and M. Heynen, "Multi-resolution, object-oriented fuzzy analysis of remote sensing data for GIS-ready information, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 58, pp. 239-258, 2004.
4. M. Bartels and H. Wei, "Segmentation of LIDAR data using measures of distribution, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 36, pt. 7, pp. 426-431, 2006.
5. M. Bartels, H. Wei, and D. C. Mason, "DTM generation from LIDAR data using skewness balancing, " in Proc. 18th Int. Conf. Pattern Recog., Hong Kong, China, Aug. 20-24, 2006, vol. I, pp. 566-569.
6. M. M. Breunig, H. P. Kriegel, R. T. Ng, and J. Sander, "LOF: Identifying density-based local outliers, " in Proc. ACM SIGMOD Int. Conf. Manage. Data, 2000, pp. 93-104.
7. M. A. Brovelli, M. Cannata, and U. Longoni, "Lidar data filtering and DTM interpolation within grass, " Trans. GIS, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 155-174, 2004.
8. H. Chen, M. Cheng, J. Li, and Y. S. Liu, "An iterative terrain recovery approach to automated DTM, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. XXXIX, no. B4, pp. 363-368, 2012.
9. Q. Chen, P. Gong, D. Baldocchi, and G. Xie, "Filtering airborne laser scanning data with morphological methods, " Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sens., vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 175-185, 2007.
10. Y. H. Chen, W. Su, J. Li, and Z. P. Sun, "Hierarchical object oriented classification using very high resolution imagery and LIDAR data over urban areas, " Adv. Space Res., vol. 43, pp. 1101-1110, 2009.
11. Z. Y. Chen, B. Devereux, B. B. Gao, and G. Amable, "Upward-fusion urban DTM generating method using airborne lidar data, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 72, pp. 121-130, 2012.
12. Z. Y. Chen and B. B. Gao, "An object-based method for urban land cover classification using airborne lidar data, " IEEE J. Sel Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens., vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 4243-4254, Oct. 2014.
13. R. Cristian and G. Stefan, "Urban DEM generation, analysis and enhancements using tanDEM-X, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 85, pp. 120-131, 2013.
14. C. Garbay, J. M. Chassery, and G. Brugal, "An iterative region-growing process for cell image segmentation based on local color similarity and global shape criteria, " Anal. Quant. Cytol. Histol., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 25-34, 1986.
15. M. Elmqvist, "Ground surface estimation from airborne laser scanner data using active shape models, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W3, pp. 114-118, 2002.
16. P. F. Fisher and N. J. Tate, "Causes and consequences of error in digital elevation models, " Prog. Phys. Geogr., vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 467-489, 2006.
17. C. Godwin, G. Chen, and K. K. Singh, "The impact of urban residential development patterns on forest carbon density: An integration of LiDAR, aerial photography and field mensuration, " Landscape Urban Plann., vol. 136, pp. 97-109, 2015.
18. H. Y. Guan, J. Li, Y. T. Yu, L. Zhong, and Z. Ji, "DEM generation from lidar data in wooded mountain areas by cross-section-plane analysis, " Int. J. Remote Sens., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 927-948. 2014.
19. Y. Hu, "Automated extraction of digital terrain models, roads and buildings Using Airborne Lidar Data, " Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2003.
20. Y. M. Kim, Y. D. Eo, A. J. Chang, and Y. I. Kim, "Generation of a DTM and building detection based on an MPF through integrating airborne lidar data and aerial images, " Int. J. Remote Sens., vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 2947-2968, 2013.
21. A. Kobler, N. Pfeifer, P. Ogrinc, L. Todorovski, K. Ostir, and S. Dzeroski, "Repetitive interpolation: A robust algorithm for DTM generation from aerial laser scanner data in forested terrain, " Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 9-23, 2007.
22. K. Kraus and N. Pfeifer, "Determination of terrain models in wooded areas with airborne laser scanner data, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 193-203, 1998.
23. K. Kraus and N. Pfeifer, "Advanced DTM generation from LIDAR data, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 34, pt. 3/W4, pp. 23-30, 2001.
24. A. H. Li, N. F. Glenn, P. J. Olsoy, J. J. Mitchell, and R. Shresth, "Aboveground biomass estimates of sagebrush using terrestrial and airborne LiDAR data in a dryland ecosystem, " Agric. For. Meteorol., vol. 213, pp. 138-147, 2015.
25. P. Lohmann, "Segmentation and filtering of laser scanner digital surface models, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 2, pp. 311-315, 2002.
26. X. Meng, L. Wang, J. L. Silvan-Cardenas, and N. Currit, "A multidirectional ground filtering algorithm for airborne Lidar, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 117-124, 2009.
27. D. Mongus and B. Žalik, "Parameter-free ground filtering of LiDAR data for automatic DTM generation, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 67, pp. 1-12, 2012.
28. C. Nardinocchi, G. Forlani, and P. Zingaretti, "Classification and filtering of laser data, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 34, pt. 3/W13, pp. 79-86, 2003.
29. C. Pascual, A. García-Abril, L. G. García-Montero, S. Martín-Fernández, and W. B. Cohen, "Object-based semi-Automatic approach for forest structure characterization using lidar data in heterogeneous Pinus sylvestris stands, " For. Ecol. Manage., vol. 255, pp. 3677-3685, 2008.
30. R. Perko, H. Raggam, K. H. Gutjahr, and M. Schardt, "Advanced DTM generation from very high resolution satellite stereo images, " ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. II, no. 3/W4, pp. 165-172, 2015.
31. N. Pfeifer, P. Stadler, and C. Briese, "Derivation of digital terrain models in the SCOP++ environment, " in Proc. OEEPE Workshop Airborne Laser Scanning Interferometric SAR Digital Elevation Model., Stockholm, Sweden, 2001.
32. J. J. Richardson and L.M. Moskal, "Strengths and limitations of assessing forest density and spatial configuration with aerial LiDAR, " Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 115, pp. 2640-2651, 2011.
33. M. Roggero, "Dense DTM from laser scanner data, " in Proc. OEPEE Workshop Airborne Laser Scanning Interferometric SAR, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001.
34. M. Roggero, "Airborne laser scanning: Clustering in raw data, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W4, pp. 227-232, 2001.
35. M. Roggero, "Object segmentation with region growing and principal component analysis, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3A, pp. 289-294, 2002.
36. J. Schiewe, "Segmentation of high-resolution remotely sensed data concepts, applications and problems, " in Proc. Symp. Geospatial Theory Process. Appl., 2002.
37. J. L. Silvan-Cardenas and L. Wang, "A multi-resolution approach for filtering Lidar altimetry data, " ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 11-22, 2006.
38. G. Sithole, "Filtering of laser altimetry data using a slope adaptive filter, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W4, pp. 203-210, 2001.
39. G. Sithole and G. Vosselman, "Comparison of filtering algorithms, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W13, pp. 71-78, 2003.
40. G. Sithole and G. Vosselman, "Filtering of airborne laser scanner data based on segmented point clouds, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W19, pp. 66-71, 2005.
41. G. Sohn and I. Dowman, "Terrain surface reconstruction by the use of tetrahedron model with the MDL criterion, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 34, pt. 3A, pp. 336-344, 2002.
42. D. Stojanova, P. Panov, V. Gjorgjioski, A. Kobler, and S. Džeroski, "Estimating vegetation height and canopy cover from remotely sensed data with machine learning, " Ecol. Informat., vol. 5, pp. 256-266, 2010.
43. J. C. Suárez, C. Ontiveros, S. Smith, and S. Snape, "Use of airborne LiDAR and aerial photography in the estimation of individual tree heights in forestry, " Comput. Geosci., vol. 31, pp. 253-262, 2005.
44. J. Susaki, "Adaptive slope filtering of airborne LiDAR data in urban areas for Digital Terrain Model (DTM) generation, " Remote Sens., vol. 4, pp. 1804-1819, 2012.
45. J. H. Xiong, Y. M. Fang, B. X. Jin, and Z. F. Zhao, "Automated DTM generation in urban areas with airborne LiDAR data, " in Proc. 4th Int. Conf. Intell. Hum.-Mach. Syst. Cybern., 2012, pp. 181-184.
46. D. Tovari and N. Pfeifer, "Segmentation based robust interpolation-A new approach to laser data filtering, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3/W19, pp. 79-84, 2005.
47. K. Verbeeck, M. Hermy, and J. V. Orshoven, "External geo-information in the segmentation of VHR imagery improves the detection of imperviousness in urban neighborhoods, " Int. J. Appl. Earth Observ. Geoinf., vol. 18, pp. 428-435, 2012.
48. G. Vosselman, "Slope based filtering of laser altimetry data, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens., vol. 33, pt. B3/2, pp. 935-942, 2000.
49. T. T. Vu, M. Tokunaga, and F. Yamazaki, "LiDAR signatures to update Japanese building inventory database, " in Proc. 25th Asian Conf. Remote Sens., Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov. 22-26, 2004, vol. I, p. 6.
50. T. T. Vu, F. Yamazaki, and M. Matsuoka, "Multi-scale solution for building extraction from LiDAR and image data, " Int. J. Appl. Earth Observ. Geoinf., vol. 11, pp. 281-289, 2009.
51. R. Wack and A. Wimmer, "Digital terrain models from airborne laser scanner data-A grid based approach, " Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., vol. 34, pt. 3B, pp. 293-296, 2002.
52. R. Wack and H. Stelzl, "Laser DTM generation for south-Tyrol and 3Dvisualization, " in Proc. ISPRS WG III/3, III/4, V/3 Laser Scanning, 2005, pp. 48-53.
53. R. P. Zanardi, S. A. Rolim, S. F. De Souza, M. A. Maranhão, and C. R. De Souza Filho, "DTM generation from a stereo pair acquired by the China-Brazilian Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS-2) and quality control of the altimetric information, " Int. J. Remote Sens., vol. 32, no. 16, pp. 4683-4694, 2011.