Google Street View shows promise for virtual street tree surveys

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 21, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-15

  Berland, Adam ^a   Lange, Daniel A ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Municipal forestry; Species identification; Street level photography; Tree inventories

Indexed keywords

FIELD SURVEY; FOREST INVENTORY; GPS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERNET; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 84996558210     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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