Automatic estimation of tree position and stem diameter using a moving terrestrial laser scanner

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Oveland, Ivar ^a   Hauglin, Marius ^a   Gobakken, Terje ^a   Næsset, Erik ^a   Maalen Johansen, Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automated tree positioning; Diameter at breast height; Forest inventory; Iterative closest point

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FORESTRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED TREE POSITIONING; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FOREST INVENTORY; ITERATIVE CLOSEST POINT ALGORITHM; ITERATIVE CLOSEST POINTS; POSITION AND ORIENTATION ACCURACY; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85017582147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9040350     Document Type: Article

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