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The effect of TLS point cloud sampling on tree detection and diameter measurement accuracy

Ville KankareDepartment of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eetu PuttonenDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, National Land Survey of Finland, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Masala, Finland;Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, FinlandView further author information
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Markus HolopainenDepartment of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, FinlandView further author information
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Juha HyyppäDepartment of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, National Land Survey of Finland, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Masala, Finland;Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, FinlandView further author information
Pages 495-502 | Received 22 Oct 2015, Accepted 18 Feb 2016, Published online: 09 Mar 2016

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