Precision forestry is a new direction for better forest management. Precision forestry employs
information technology and analytical tools to support economic, environmental and …

This paper reports on a study of measuring stem curves of standing trees of different species
and in different growth stages using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). Pine and spruce trees …

Three-dimensional light detection and ranging (LiDAR) point clouds acquired from
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) represent a relatively new type of remotely sensed data …

In this article we introduce a new method for forest management inventories especially
suitable for highly-valued timber where the precise estimation of stem parameters (diameter …

Detailed up-to-date ground reference data have become increasingly important in
quantitative forest inventories. Field reference data are conventionally collected at the …

Stereo images have long been the main practical data source for the high-accuracy retrieval
of 3-D information over large areas. However, stereoscopy has been surpassed by laser …

Accurately retrieving tree stem location distributions is a basic requirement for biomass
estimation of forest inventory. Combining Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) with Global …

This paper evaluated the feasibility of a terrestrial point cloud generated utilizing an
uncalibrated hand-held consumer camera at a plot level and measuring the plot at an …

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has been demonstrated to be an efficient measurement
method in plot-level forest inventories. A permanent sample plot in national forest …

Nowadays, LiDAR is widely used for individual tree detection, usually providing higher
accuracy in coniferous stands than in deciduous ones, where the rounded-crown, the …