TY - GEN
T1 - Fusion between UAV-SFM and terrestrial laser scanner for field validation of satellite remote sensing
AU - Kato, Akira
AU - Obanawa, Hiroyuki
AU - Hayakawa, Yuichi
AU - Watanabe, Manabu
AU - Yamaguchi, Yoshio
AU - Enoki, Tsutomu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/11/10
Y1 - 2015/11/10
N2 - Field tree measurement to collect ground truth data is labor intensive. To make it efficient to collect the field data in a large scale, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is introduced in this study. An automated photogrammetric technique called Structure from Motion (SfM) is used to create 3D data out of photos collected by UAV. Tree structure created by SfM is compared with the 3D data obtained by several Terrestrial Laser Scanners to see the difference in vertical forest structure. Canopy structure is mainly captured by UAV-SfM and there is more point density around tree canopy than 3D data obtained by airborne laser. The point density of UAV around tree canopy is equivalent to that of TLS data, but tree trunk underneath the canopy cannot be reconstructed well, because the trunk is obscured by tree canopy and it is not visible on photos.
AB - Field tree measurement to collect ground truth data is labor intensive. To make it efficient to collect the field data in a large scale, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is introduced in this study. An automated photogrammetric technique called Structure from Motion (SfM) is used to create 3D data out of photos collected by UAV. Tree structure created by SfM is compared with the 3D data obtained by several Terrestrial Laser Scanners to see the difference in vertical forest structure. Canopy structure is mainly captured by UAV-SfM and there is more point density around tree canopy than 3D data obtained by airborne laser. The point density of UAV around tree canopy is equivalent to that of TLS data, but tree trunk underneath the canopy cannot be reconstructed well, because the trunk is obscured by tree canopy and it is not visible on photos.
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U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326355
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326355
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962563503
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 2642
EP - 2645
BT - 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015
Y2 - 26 July 2015 through 31 July 2015
ER -