Distribution of land cover has a profound impact on the climate and environment; mapping
the land cover patterns from global, regional to local scales are important for scientists and …

Radiometric calibration of airborne laser scanning (ALS) intensity data aims at retrieving a
value related to the target scattering properties, which is independent on the instrument or …

LiDAR is a consolidated technology for topographic mapping and 3D reconstruction, which
is implemented in several platforms On the other hand, the exploitation of the geometric …

A proper planning and management of roads play an essential role in socio-economic
growth of any nation. The information of road and its geometry are used as a benchmark by …

There has been an increasing interest in mapping and monitoring urban land use/land cover
using remote sensing techniques. However, there still exist quite a number of challenges in …

This paper presents an automatic building extraction approach using LiDAR data and aerial
photographs from a multi-sensor system positioned at the same platform. The automatic …

Buildings play an essential role in urban intra-construction, planning, and climate. The
precise knowledge of building footprints not only serves as a primary source for interpreting …

The research is carried out to assess the relationship between the changes of land use/land
cover change and land surface temperature change and resulting urban heat island effect …

Airborne Laser Scanning systems with LiDAR technology have been used for acquiring 3D
point data of the ground. The capability of LiDAR systems to record the intensity of the …

Airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data have been used to generate land cover
models for almost two decades. In this paper, three common processing decisions are …