Development of a QGIS plugin to obtain parameters and elements of plantation trees and vineyards with aerial photographs

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Duarte, Lia ^a   Silva, Pedro ^a   Teodoro, Ana Cláudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fractal analysis; Imagery classification; Imagery segmentation; Multispectral imagery; NDVI imagery; Orthophotos; Plantations; Plugin; Python; QGIS; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044536448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi7030109     Document Type: Article

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