A digital photographic method for 3D reconstruction of standing tree shape.

Hapca, Adrian Ilie; Mothe, Frederic; Leban, Jean-Michel

Abstract

A digital photographic method is presented which is able to reconstruct the profile of the stem on standing trees up to a height of 12 m and to provide a fine level of detail. The method uses two digital photographs taken at 90° to each other and does not require special illumination conditions. A method is proposed to perform the data acquisition process from the two photographs and to transform the stem dimensions and 3-D position from pixels to units of length. The accuracy of this method for measuring tree shape was tested by comparing the results with those obtained from a laser system. The comparison showed that the photographic method provides a good assessment of standing tree shape.

Citation

Hapca, A. I., Mothe, F., & Leban, J.-M. (2007). A digital photographic method for 3D reconstruction of standing tree shape. Annals of Forest Science, 64(6), 631-637. https://doi.org/10.1051/forest%3A2007041

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2007-01
• Deposit Date: Jun 9, 2008
• Journal: Annals of forest science
• Print ISSN: 1286-4560
• Electronic ISSN: 1297-966X
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 631-637
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/forest%3A2007041
• Keywords: Photography; Digital storage; Computer software; Dimensional model; Evaluation
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1963
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/forest:2007041