Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using Multispectral LiDAR Data

Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using Multispectral LiDAR Data
Author: Faizaan Naveed
Publisher: Infinite Study
Total Pages: 21
Release:
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

In this study, multispectral Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data were utilized to improve delineation of individual tree crowns (ITC) as an important step in individual tree analysis. A framework to integrate spectral and height information for ITC delineation was proposed, and the multi-scale algorithm for treetop detection developed in one of our previous studies was improved. In addition, an advanced region-based segmentation method that used detected treetops as seeds was proposed for segmentation of individual crowns based on their spectral, contextual, and height information.

Learning from Data

Learning from Data
Author: Vladimir Cherkassky
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2007-09-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780470140512

An interdisciplinary framework for learning methodologies—covering statistics, neural networks, and fuzzy logic, this book provides a unified treatment of the principles and methods for learning dependencies from data. It establishes a general conceptual framework in which various learning methods from statistics, neural networks, and fuzzy logic can be applied—showing that a few fundamental principles underlie most new methods being proposed today in statistics, engineering, and computer science. Complete with over one hundred illustrations, case studies, and examples making this an invaluable text.

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources
Author: Donald L. Grebner
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128190760

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Second Edition, presents a broad, completely updated overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest management, economics, policy, utilization and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest regions of the world, landowners, forest products, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and forest disturbances and health. These topics are ideal for undergraduate introductory courses and include numerous examples and questions for students to ponder. There is also a section dedicated to forestry careers. Unlike other introductory forestry texts, which focus largely on forest ecology rather than practical forestry concepts, this book encompasses the economic, ecological and social aspects, thus providing a uniquely balanced text. The wide range of experience of the contributing authors equips them especially well to identify missing content from other texts in the area and address topics currently covered in corresponding college courses. - Covers the application of forestry and natural resources around the world with a focus on practical applications and graphical examples - Describes basic techniques for measuring and evaluating forest resources and natural resources, including fundamental terminology and concepts - Includes management policies and their influence at the local, national and international levels

The European Information Society

The European Information Society
Author: Sara Fabrikant
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-11-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783642091452

This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of ongoing GIScience research that has been presented at the 10th Conference of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE), held in Aalborg, Denmark. Included are 27 fully peer-reviewed papers not only covering basic GIScience research themes, but also ongoing research on technological advancements, as well as applied research on environmental modeling and management.

Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning

Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning
Author: Matti Maltamo
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401786631

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems. This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the research and application of ALS in a broad range of forest-related disciplines, especially forest inventory and forest ecology. However, this book is more than just a collection of individual contributions – it consists of a well-composed blend of chapters dealing with fundamental methodological issues and contributions reviewing and illustrating the use of ALS within various domains of application. The reviews provide a comprehensive and unique overview of recent research and applications that researchers, students and practitioners in forest remote sensing and forest ecosystem assessment should consider as a useful reference text.

Proceedings of UASG 2019

Proceedings of UASG 2019
Author: Kamal Jain
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2020-02-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030373932

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of geographic information systems and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics (UASG), held in Roorkee, India on April 6-7, 2019. It covers highly diverse topics, including photogrammetry and remote sensing, surveying, UAV manufacturing, geospatial data sensing, UAV processing, visualization, and management, UAV applications and regulations, geo-informatics and geomatics. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Object-Based Image Analysis

Object-Based Image Analysis
Author: Thomas Blaschke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2008-08-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540770585

This book brings together a collection of invited interdisciplinary persp- tives on the recent topic of Object-based Image Analysis (OBIA). Its c- st tent is based on select papers from the 1 OBIA International Conference held in Salzburg in July 2006, and is enriched by several invited chapters. All submissions have passed through a blind peer-review process resulting in what we believe is a timely volume of the highest scientific, theoretical and technical standards. The concept of OBIA first gained widespread interest within the GIScience (Geographic Information Science) community circa 2000, with the advent of the first commercial software for what was then termed ‘obje- oriented image analysis’. However, it is widely agreed that OBIA builds on older segmentation, edge-detection and classification concepts that have been used in remote sensing image analysis for several decades. Nevert- less, its emergence has provided a new critical bridge to spatial concepts applied in multiscale landscape analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the synergy between image-objects and their radiometric char- teristics and analyses in Earth Observation data (EO).

Advances in Airborne Lidar Systems and Data Processing

Advances in Airborne Lidar Systems and Data Processing
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783038426738

This book collects the papers in the special issue "Airborne Laser Scanning" in Remote Sensing (Nov. 2016) and several other selected papers published in the same journal in the past few years. Our intention is to reflect recent technological developments and innovative techniques in this field. The book consists of 23 papers in six subject areas: 1) Single photon and Geiger-mode Lidar, 2) Multispectral lidar, 3) Waveform lidar, 4) Registration of point clouds, 5) Trees and terrain, and 6) Building extraction. The book is a valuable resource for scientists, engineers, developers, instructors, and graduate students interested in lidar systems and data processing.

Advances in Computer Graphics

Advances in Computer Graphics
Author: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2021-10-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030890295

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 38th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2021, held virtually in September 2021. The 44 full papers presented together with 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topics: computer animation; computer vision; geometric computing; human poses and gestures; image processing; medical imaging; physics-based simulation; rendering and textures; robotics and vision; visual analytics; VR/AR; and engage.

16th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2021)

16th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2021)
Author: Hugo Sanjurjo González
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 832
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783030878689

This book of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2021 conference held in the beautiful and historic city of Bilbao (Spain), in September 2021. Soft computing represents a collection or set of computational techniques in machine learning, computer science, and some engineering disciplines, which investigate, simulate, and analyze very complex issues and phenomena. After a through peer-review process, the 16th SOCO 2021 International Program Committee selected 78 papers which are published in these conference proceedings and represents an acceptance rate of 48%. In this relevant edition, a special emphasis is put on the organization of special sessions. Seven special sessions are organized related to relevant topics as follows: applications of machine learning in computer vision; soft computing applied to autonomous robots and renewable energy systems; optimization, modeling, and control by soft computing techniques (OMCS); challenges and new approaches toward artificial intelligence deployments in real-world scenarios; time series forecasting in industrial and environmental applications (TSF); soft computing methods in manufacturing and management systems and applied machine learning. The selection of papers was extremely rigorous in order to maintain the high quality of the conference, and we would like to thank the members of the program committees for their hard work in the reviewing process. This is a crucial process to the creation of a high standard conference, and the SOCO conference would not exist without their help.