An integrated GNSS/INS/LiDAR-SLAM positioning method for highly accurate forest stem mapping

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Qian, Chuang ^a,b   Liu, Hui ^a   Tang, Jian ^a,b   Chen, Yuwei ^b   Kaartinen, Harri ^b   Kukko, Antero ^b   Zhu, Lingli ^b   Liang, Xinlian ^b   Chen, Liang ^b   Hyyppä, Juha ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest mapping; GNSS INS; Integration; LIDAR; MLS; SLAM

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; ROBOTICS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION);

FOREST MAPPING; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS/INS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; POSITIONING ACCURACY; SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING; SLAM; VELOCITY INFORMATION;

MAPPING;

EID: 85010698091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9010003     Document Type: Article

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