Development of automated photogrammetric processes for high-resolution forest mapping applications

贸发理事会咨询公司和新喀里多尼亚学院正在合作开展一个应用研究项目，以开发和验证用于森林制图应用的自动化高分辨率地理空间进程。 TDB寻求开发一种基于软件的解决方案，分析高分辨率的森林航空图像，并自动绘制单棵树木的地图，沿着预测的物种、高度和健康状况。 这种地理空间服务目前还不存在，将为加拿大的林业和地理信息产业带来重要的创新。 该学院将协助TDB收集位于卑诗省南部美宝湖和纳库斯普附近的几个森林研究地点的实地测量数据，并使用这些数据来测试和验证TDB的建模地理空间数据。 这将有助于TDB确定模型的准确性并改进模型以用于BC。 自然资源和环境技术项目的大学生将学习信息和地理信息学创新如何为加拿大的森林部门增加价值。

TDB Consultants and the College of New Caledonia are collaborating on an applied research project to develop and validate automated high-resolution geospatial processes for forest mapping applications. TDB seeks to develop a software-based solution that analyzes high-resolution forest aerial images and automatically maps individual trees, along with predicted species, heights and health. This geospatial service does not currently exist and will introduce an important innovation to the forestry and geomatics industries in Canada. The College will assist TDB by collecting field measurements in several forest research sites located near Mabel Lake and Nakusp in southern BC, and using these data to test and validate TDB's modeled geospatial data. This will help TDB determine model accuracies and refine the model for use in BC. College students in the Natural Resources and Environmental Technology program will learn how information and geomatics innovations are adding value to Canada's forest sector.