Estimation of tree stem attributes using terrestrial photogrammetry with a camera rig

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Forsman, Mona ^a   Börlin, Niclas ^b   Holmgren, Johan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circle estimation; Forest inventory; Mobile mapping; Point cloud; Stem diameter

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDWARE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

CIRCLE ESTIMATIONS; FOREST INVENTORY; MOBILE MAPPING; POINT CLOUD; STEM DIAMETER;

CAMERAS;

BOREAL FOREST; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGERY; MAPPING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STEM;

EID: 84963949081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7030061     Document Type: Article

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