Fast registration of forest terrestrial laser scans using key points detected from crowns and stems

Registration of TLS data is an important prerequisite to overcome the limitations of occlusion. Most existing registration methods rely on stems to determine the transformation parameters. However, the complexity of the registration problem increases dramatically as the number of stems grows. It is...

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Main Authors: Wenxia Dai, Bisheng Yang, Xinlian Liang, Zhen Dong, Ronggang Huang, Yunsheng Wang, Jiri Pyörälä, Antero Kukko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Earth
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2020.1764118