Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lidar Analysis Forestry
Lidar Analysis Forestry
Esri, 380 New York St., Redlands, CA 92373-8100 USA TEL 909-793-2853 FAX 909-793-5953 E-MAIL info@esri.com WEB www.esri.com
Copyright 2010 Esri All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Esri. This work is protected under United States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as expressly permitted in writing by Esri. All requests should be sent to Attention: Contracts and Legal Services Manager, Esri, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 USA. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Esri, the Esri globe logo, ArcGIS, 3D Analyst, ArcMap, ArcEditor, ArcToolbox, ArcCatalog, ArcInfo, ArcGlobe, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
J-9884
Analyzing Lidar Data for Foresters ...................................................... 21 Calculating Vegetation Characteristics from Lidar Data................ 21 Tree Height Estimation ............................................................. 21
Contents
Page 22 23 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 29 32 36 36 37 38 40 41
Biomass Density Calculation.................................................... Point to Raster..................................................................... Replacing NoData Values as Zero Vegetation Density .............................................................................. Merging the Aboveground and Ground Results ................. Creating a Floating Point Raster File.................................. Calculating Density............................................................. Distributing Large Lidar Datasets......................................................... Preparing Raster DEM for Serving with the ArcGIS Server Image Extension............................................................................ Serving an Elevation Service through the ArcGIS Server Image Extension............................................................................ Creating an Elevation Image Service.............................................. Visualizing an Elevation Service .................................................... Estimating Tree Height Using Elevation Services.......................... Preparing Image Service Data ........................................................ Creating the Height Estimation Service.......................................... Adding .ISRef Files to the Height Estimation Service ................... Adding Algebraic Process to Service to Return Height Estimation ..................................................................................... Applying the Image Algebra Process .............................................
June 2010
ii
J-9884