AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS

Abstract: This work aims to analyze the potential of the Photogrammetric Point Cloud (PPC) obtained from Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) optical images for detecting and obtaining tree heights in a loblolly pine plantation using a global maximum filter. The enhanced algorithm used in this study is then named STD (Single Tree Detection). Field surveys were conducted to count all the trees in the field (Forest Census) and measure the trees’ height with a vertex hypsometer. The results were faced to PCC outcomes. The detection rate (r) was equal to the precision rate (p), indicating that the algorithm reaches a high tree detection performance. In summary, the STD algorithm segmented 2,192 trees, representing 89% of trees recorded in the forest census. The retrieved tree height reached, on average, a height of 17.05 m, whereas slightly higher by the traditional forest inventory (17.42 m). The root-mean-square error (RMSE) and Bias were 47 cm (2.8%) and -37 cm (-2.2%), respectively. The Dunnett test showed that the tree height did not significantly differ between the results obtained by traditional forest inventory from those generated by the STD. It confirms the potential use of PPC for forest inventory procedures.

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Main Authors: Santos,Kênia Samara Mourão, Lingnau,Christel, Santos,Daniel Rodrigues dos
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Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2021
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spelling oai:scielo:S1982-217020210003002062021-10-05AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDSSantos,Kênia Samara MourãoLingnau,ChristelSantos,Daniel Rodrigues dos Forest census Loblolly pine Global maximum filter tree height RPA Abstract: This work aims to analyze the potential of the Photogrammetric Point Cloud (PPC) obtained from Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) optical images for detecting and obtaining tree heights in a loblolly pine plantation using a global maximum filter. The enhanced algorithm used in this study is then named STD (Single Tree Detection). Field surveys were conducted to count all the trees in the field (Forest Census) and measure the trees’ height with a vertex hypsometer. The results were faced to PCC outcomes. The detection rate (r) was equal to the precision rate (p), indicating that the algorithm reaches a high tree detection performance. In summary, the STD algorithm segmented 2,192 trees, representing 89% of trees recorded in the forest census. The retrieved tree height reached, on average, a height of 17.05 m, whereas slightly higher by the traditional forest inventory (17.42 m). The root-mean-square error (RMSE) and Bias were 47 cm (2.8%) and -37 cm (-2.2%), respectively. The Dunnett test showed that the tree height did not significantly differ between the results obtained by traditional forest inventory from those generated by the STD. It confirms the potential use of PPC for forest inventory procedures.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidade Federal do ParanáBoletim de Ciências Geodésicas v.27 n.3 20212021-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1982-21702021000300206en10.1590/s1982-21702021000300026
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AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
author_facet Santos,Kênia Samara Mourão
Lingnau,Christel
Santos,Daniel Rodrigues dos
author_sort Santos,Kênia Samara Mourão
title AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
title_short AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
title_full AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
title_fullStr AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
title_full_unstemmed AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PLANTED TREES AND THEIR HEIGHTS USING PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RPA POINT CLOUDS
title_sort automatic detection of planted trees and their heights using photogrammetric rpa point clouds
description Abstract: This work aims to analyze the potential of the Photogrammetric Point Cloud (PPC) obtained from Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) optical images for detecting and obtaining tree heights in a loblolly pine plantation using a global maximum filter. The enhanced algorithm used in this study is then named STD (Single Tree Detection). Field surveys were conducted to count all the trees in the field (Forest Census) and measure the trees’ height with a vertex hypsometer. The results were faced to PCC outcomes. The detection rate (r) was equal to the precision rate (p), indicating that the algorithm reaches a high tree detection performance. In summary, the STD algorithm segmented 2,192 trees, representing 89% of trees recorded in the forest census. The retrieved tree height reached, on average, a height of 17.05 m, whereas slightly higher by the traditional forest inventory (17.42 m). The root-mean-square error (RMSE) and Bias were 47 cm (2.8%) and -37 cm (-2.2%), respectively. The Dunnett test showed that the tree height did not significantly differ between the results obtained by traditional forest inventory from those generated by the STD. It confirms the potential use of PPC for forest inventory procedures.
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