Multispectral LiDAR data for extracting tree points in urban and suburban areas

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Hauptverfasser: Takhtkeshha, Narges, Mazzacca, Gabriele, Remondino, Fabio, Hyyppä, Juha, Mandlburger, Gottfried
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author Takhtkeshha, Narges
Mazzacca, Gabriele
Remondino, Fabio
Hyyppä, Juha
Mandlburger, Gottfried
author_facet Takhtkeshha, Narges
Mazzacca, Gabriele
Remondino, Fabio
Hyyppä, Juha
Mandlburger, Gottfried
contents Monitoring urban tree dynamics is vital for supporting greening policies and reducing risks to electrical infrastructure. Airborne laser scanning has advanced large-scale tree management, but challenges remain due to complex urban environments and tree variability. Multispectral (MS) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) improves this by capturing both 3D spatial and spectral data, enabling detailed mapping. This study explores tree point extraction using MS-LiDAR and deep learning (DL) models. Three state-of-the-art models are evaluated: Superpoint Transformer (SPT), Point Transformer V3 (PTv3), and Point Transformer V1 (PTv1). Results show the notable time efficiency and accuracy of SPT, with a mean intersection over union (mIoU) of 85.28%. The highest detection accuracy is achieved by incorporating pseudo normalized difference vegetation index (pNDVI) with spatial data, reducing error rate by 10.61 percentage points (pp) compared to using spatial information alone. These findings highlight the potential of MS-LiDAR and DL to improve tree extraction and further tree inventories.
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spellingShingle Multispectral LiDAR data for extracting tree points in urban and suburban areas
Takhtkeshha, Narges
Mazzacca, Gabriele
Remondino, Fabio
Hyyppä, Juha
Mandlburger, Gottfried
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Monitoring urban tree dynamics is vital for supporting greening policies and reducing risks to electrical infrastructure. Airborne laser scanning has advanced large-scale tree management, but challenges remain due to complex urban environments and tree variability. Multispectral (MS) light detection and ranging (LiDAR) improves this by capturing both 3D spatial and spectral data, enabling detailed mapping. This study explores tree point extraction using MS-LiDAR and deep learning (DL) models. Three state-of-the-art models are evaluated: Superpoint Transformer (SPT), Point Transformer V3 (PTv3), and Point Transformer V1 (PTv1). Results show the notable time efficiency and accuracy of SPT, with a mean intersection over union (mIoU) of 85.28%. The highest detection accuracy is achieved by incorporating pseudo normalized difference vegetation index (pNDVI) with spatial data, reducing error rate by 10.61 percentage points (pp) compared to using spatial information alone. These findings highlight the potential of MS-LiDAR and DL to improve tree extraction and further tree inventories.
title Multispectral LiDAR data for extracting tree points in urban and suburban areas
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19881