This paper reviews LiDAR ground filtering algorithms used in the process of creating Digital
Elevation Models. We discuss critical issues for the development and application of LiDAR …

Digital terrain model (DTM) generation is the fundamental application of airborne Lidar data.
In past decades, a large body of studies has been conducted to present and experiment a …

The GIS software sector has developed rapidly over the last ten years. Open Source GIS
applications are gaining relevant market shares in academia, business, and public …

Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology, Second Edition, synthesizes the
knowledge on methods and applications of digital terrain analysis and geomorphometry in …

Accurate habitat mapping in salt marshes is critical for both management and conservation
goals. Information on marsh elevation is important to coastal managers, particularly for flood …

This paper proposes a new framework for ground extraction and building detection in LiDAR
data. The proposed approach constructs the connectivity of a grid over the LiDAR point …

Geographic Information tools (GI tools) have become an essential component of research in
landscape ecology. In this article we review the use of GIS (Geographic Information …

The ability to extract streamflow hydraulic settings using geoinformatic techniques,
especially in high populated territories like urban and peri-urban areas, is an important …

Temperature is a main driver for most ecological processes, and temperature time series
provide key environmental indicators for various applications and research fields. High …

Extensive alteration of the tidal salt marshes of San Francisco Bay has created an urgent
need to preserve the few remaining areas of relatively pristine tidal marshes. The dynamics …