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author Puliti, Stefano
Lines, Emily R.
Müllerová, Jana
Frey, Julian
Schindler, Zoe
Straker, Adrian
Allen, Matthew J.
Winiwarter, Lukas
Rehush, Nataliia
Hristova, Hristina
Murray, Brent
Calders, Kim
Terryn, Louise
Coops, Nicholas
Höfle, Bernhard
Junttila, Samuli
Krůček, Martin
Krok, Grzegorz
Král, Kamil
Levick, Shaun R.
Luck, Linda
Missarov, Azim
Mokroš, Martin
Owen, Harry J. F.
Stereńczak, Krzysztof
Pitkänen, Timo P.
Puletti, Nicola
Saarinen, Ninni
Hopkinson, Chris
Torresan, Chiara
Tomelleri, Enrico
Weiser, Hannah
Astrup, Rasmus
author_facet Puliti, Stefano
Lines, Emily R.
Müllerová, Jana
Frey, Julian
Schindler, Zoe
Straker, Adrian
Allen, Matthew J.
Winiwarter, Lukas
Rehush, Nataliia
Hristova, Hristina
Murray, Brent
Calders, Kim
Terryn, Louise
Coops, Nicholas
Höfle, Bernhard
Junttila, Samuli
Krůček, Martin
Krok, Grzegorz
Král, Kamil
Levick, Shaun R.
Luck, Linda
Missarov, Azim
Mokroš, Martin
Owen, Harry J. F.
Stereńczak, Krzysztof
Pitkänen, Timo P.
Puletti, Nicola
Saarinen, Ninni
Hopkinson, Chris
Torresan, Chiara
Tomelleri, Enrico
Weiser, Hannah
Astrup, Rasmus
contents Proximally-sensed laser scanning offers significant potential for automated forest data capture, but challenges remain in automatically identifying tree species without additional ground data. Deep learning (DL) shows promise for automation, yet progress is slowed by the lack of large, diverse, openly available labeled datasets of single tree point clouds. This has impacted the robustness of DL models and the ability to establish best practices for species classification. To overcome these challenges, the FOR-species20K benchmark dataset was created, comprising over 20,000 tree point clouds from 33 species, captured using terrestrial (TLS), mobile (MLS), and drone laser scanning (ULS) across various European forests, with some data from other regions. This dataset enables the benchmarking of DL models for tree species classification, including both point cloud-based (PointNet++, MinkNet, MLP-Mixer, DGCNNs) and multi-view image-based methods (SimpleView, DetailView, YOLOv5). 2D image-based models generally performed better (average OA = 0.77) than 3D point cloud-based models (average OA = 0.72), with consistent results across different scanning platforms and sensors. The top model, DetailView, was particularly robust, handling data imbalances well and generalizing effectively across tree sizes. The FOR-species20K dataset, available at https://zenodo.org/records/13255198, is a key resource for developing and benchmarking DL models for tree species classification using laser scanning data, providing a foundation for future advancements in the field.
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spellingShingle Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally-sensed laser scanning data: introducing the FOR-species20K dataset
Puliti, Stefano
Lines, Emily R.
Müllerová, Jana
Frey, Julian
Schindler, Zoe
Straker, Adrian
Allen, Matthew J.
Winiwarter, Lukas
Rehush, Nataliia
Hristova, Hristina
Murray, Brent
Calders, Kim
Terryn, Louise
Coops, Nicholas
Höfle, Bernhard
Junttila, Samuli
Krůček, Martin
Krok, Grzegorz
Král, Kamil
Levick, Shaun R.
Luck, Linda
Missarov, Azim
Mokroš, Martin
Owen, Harry J. F.
Stereńczak, Krzysztof
Pitkänen, Timo P.
Puletti, Nicola
Saarinen, Ninni
Hopkinson, Chris
Torresan, Chiara
Tomelleri, Enrico
Weiser, Hannah
Astrup, Rasmus
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Proximally-sensed laser scanning offers significant potential for automated forest data capture, but challenges remain in automatically identifying tree species without additional ground data. Deep learning (DL) shows promise for automation, yet progress is slowed by the lack of large, diverse, openly available labeled datasets of single tree point clouds. This has impacted the robustness of DL models and the ability to establish best practices for species classification. To overcome these challenges, the FOR-species20K benchmark dataset was created, comprising over 20,000 tree point clouds from 33 species, captured using terrestrial (TLS), mobile (MLS), and drone laser scanning (ULS) across various European forests, with some data from other regions. This dataset enables the benchmarking of DL models for tree species classification, including both point cloud-based (PointNet++, MinkNet, MLP-Mixer, DGCNNs) and multi-view image-based methods (SimpleView, DetailView, YOLOv5). 2D image-based models generally performed better (average OA = 0.77) than 3D point cloud-based models (average OA = 0.72), with consistent results across different scanning platforms and sensors. The top model, DetailView, was particularly robust, handling data imbalances well and generalizing effectively across tree sizes. The FOR-species20K dataset, available at https://zenodo.org/records/13255198, is a key resource for developing and benchmarking DL models for tree species classification using laser scanning data, providing a foundation for future advancements in the field.
title Benchmarking tree species classification from proximally-sensed laser scanning data: introducing the FOR-species20K dataset
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06507