Title
State-of-the-Art: DTM Generation Using Airborne LIDAR Data.
Abstract
Digital terrain model (DTM) generation is the fundamental application of airborne Lidar data. In past decades, a large body of studies has been conducted to present and experiment a variety of DTM generation methods. Although great progress has been made, DTM generation, especially DTM generation in specific terrain situations, remains challenging. This research introduces the general principles of DTM generation and reviews diverse mainstream DTM generation methods. In accordance with the filtering strategy, these methods are classified into six categories: surface-based adjustment; morphology-based filtering, triangulated irregular network (TIN)-based refinement, segmentation and classification, statistical analysis and multi-scale comparison. Typical methods for each category are briefly introduced and the merits and limitations of each category are discussed accordingly. Despite different categories of filtering strategies, these DTM generation methods present similar difficulties when implemented in sharply changing terrain, areas with dense non-ground features and complicated landscapes. This paper suggests that the fusion of multi-sources and integration of different methods can be effective ways for improving the performance of DTM generation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3390/s17010150
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
DTM generation,surface-based,morphology-based,TIN-based,segmentation and classification,statistical analysis,multi-scale comparison
Data mining,Segmentation,Terrain,Remote sensing,Filter (signal processing),Electronic engineering,Digital elevation model,Engineering,Lidar data,Triangulated irregular network,Statistical analysis
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
17
1.0
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
19
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zi-Yue Chen1113.42
Bingbo Gao250.48
Bernard Devereux3585.71