Coloring the Points (http://blog.lidarnews.com/coloring-the-points)

This research is being conducted in Australia to automatically extract forest structure. Point clouds hold a vast amount of information on vegetation, habitat characteristics, fuel loads, timber volumes, and other forest characteristics. However, it is challenging to turn this data into usable information.

This research aimed to develop a technique to automatically classify point clouds into different forest components: near-surface vegetation, mid-storey scrubs, tree stems, and tree canopy. After classification, useful information on these different vegetation strata can be extracted, making it easier to interpret vegetation information hidden in the point clouds.

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