期刊名称:ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2194-9042
电子版ISSN:2194-9050
出版年度:2002
卷号:XXXIV Part 3 B
页码:218-221
出版社:Copernicus Publications
摘要:The objective of this study was to carry out reconstruction of single tree crowns from laser scanner data to use the obtained vector model for feature extraction. The reconstruction was implemented in several stages. First, pulses which have reflected from each tree were marked off from the original point cloud. Ground points were then separated from all points using digital terrain model and analysing the histogram of terrain height values. In the next stage canopy was described with vector polygons, and the location of the trunk was estimated. With respect to the location of the trunk, tree points were transferred from (xyz)-co-ordinate system to the polar- co-ordinate system ( a ,r,h), and features were estimated from the vector model. Evaluation of the reconstruction was performed choosing a test area and processing 50 single trees, and comparing results to the field measurements. In the study it was found that dense laser scanner data detail describes the upper canopy of forest and therefore is suitable for tree height information extraction. The lower crown was found less detail measured with laser scanner and parameters extracted from that part were less accurate, but trend setting. Obtained distance profile seemed to give tendency for the tree specie
关键词:Reconstruction; Feature Extraction; Laser Scanning; Tree Crown; Crown Profile