Silvilaser 2008: Pre-conference workshop

Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) in Forestry: operational applications, current research and future developments

17^th September: 0900-1740 hrs

Please note: this workshop is now fully booked.

About the workshop

The workshop is a semi-hands-on event, which aims to bring together scientists, developers, contractors and forest managers. We will demonstrate the opportunities brought by this innovative technology to operational forestry and future research activities. During this event several systems and work experiences will be shown, participants will be able to get useful feedback to help improve products, business opportunities or for targeting new research.

The workshop will inform about the current state-of-the-art in TLS systems and data processing techniques in order to meet a range of information needs. This event aims to encourage new and stronger linkages between forest scientists, practitioners, researchers, system developers and end-users of derived products.

In the afternoon, three commercial companies will conduct demonstrations in our forest plots to show how systems operate and how data can be analysed with their software solutions.

Specific topics of interest will be:

Basic information about TLS
Accuracy of point cloud data and commercially available systems
Analysis of point clouds and retrieval of relevant forest parameters
The use of Treemetrics Software as one of the first commercial applications for forest inventory and planning
Importance of registration process for the integration of these data with other datasets (i.e. Airborne LiDAR, Aerial Photography, etc)
Pros and cons between Pulse and Phase Lasers
Practical considerations when using TLS
State of the art in research and future directions.

�Programme ^(PDF-303K)