How to define the wildland-urban interface? Methods and limitations: towards a unified protocol

S Gonzalez, L Ghermandi - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, the risk of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires has increased due to
urban growth, particularly in regions with a Mediterranean climate. The identification of the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges for computer vision as a tool for screening urban trees through street-view images

T Arevalo-Ramirez, A Alfaro, J Figueroa… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban forests play a fundamental and irreplaceable role within cities through the ecosystem
services they provide, such as carbon capture. However, inadequate management of urban …

Exploring the Potential of Reconstructed Multispectral Images for Urban Tree Segmentation in Street View Images

T Arevalo-Ramirez, A Alfaro… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep learning has gained popularity in recent years for reconstructing hyperspectral and
multispectral images, offering cost-effective solutions and promising results. Research on …

Focusing on Object Extremities for Tree Instance Segmentation in Forest Environments

R Condat, P Vasseur, G Allibert - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As part of the development of many robotic systems for the forestry sector, forest scene
understanding requires the use of computer vision algorithms. However, this dense and …

Classifying geospatial objects from multiview aerial imagery using semantic meshes

D Russell, B Weinstein, D Wettergreen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Aerial imagery is increasingly used in Earth science and natural resource management as a
complement to labor-intensive ground-based surveys. Aerial systems can collect …

Design of a drone that applies multisensor information for the early detection of forest fires

HHR Paredes, WCM Suazo… - 2023 3rd …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article focuses on the design and development of a drone equipped with advanced
technology for the early detection of wildfires, a major threat to the environment, human life …

Enhancing Wildfire Propagation Estimation with an Autonomous Aerial Agent

C Heracleous, P Kolios… - 2024 IEEE 20th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurately estimating wildfire propagation is pivotal for effective firefighting strategies and
informed decision-making. This paper introduces a novel solution that harnesses an …

Autonomous Drone Navigation using Monocular ORB-SLAM2 in Structured Environments

JAC Carlos, RV Salazar, NJG Yances… - 2024 XXVI Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present work shows and tests experimentally a methodology to perform autonomous
drone navigation solely relying in visual data, based on simultaneous localization and …