Wall-to-Wall Forest Mapping Based on Digital Surface Models from Image-Based Point Clouds and a NFI Forest Definition

Wall-to-Wall Forest Mapping Based on Digital Surface Models from Image-Based Point Clouds and a NFI Forest Definition

Forest mapping is an important source of information for assessing woodland resources and a key issue for any National Forest Inventory (NFI). In the present study, a detailed wall-to-wall forest cover map was generated for all of Switzerland, which meets the requirement of the Swiss NFI forest defi...

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Main Authors: Lars T. Waser, Christoph Fischer, Zuyuan Wang, Christian Ginzler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
land use
canopy height model
airborne digital sensor
NFI plots
stratification
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/12/4386

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