Stem curve measurement using terrestrial laser scanning
Stem curve measurement using terrestrial laser scanning
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2011
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Xinlian Liang;J. Hyyppä;V. Kankare;M. Holopainen
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Xinlian Liang;J. Hyyppä;V. Kankare;M. Holopainen
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has been shown to be a promising technology for the accurate forest inventory on the sample plots. The advantages of applying TLS can be improving the accuracy and efficiency of the field measurements. In addition, TLS data have the possibility to provide more tree parameters than what are commonly accepted and employed at the moment. This paper discusses the automatic measurement of the stem curve using TLS. A pine and a spruce were used in the experiment. The stem curve estimated from point cloud was compared to the field measurements. The experiment shows that the estimation of the stem curve from single-scan and merged point clouds are comparable to each other. This result indicates that TLS data has the potential to automatically estimate the stem curve.