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MOBILE DEVICE OF THE AUTOMATED FOREST INVENTORY

Abstract

This article represents the review of the hardware part of the developed solution of the measurement automation of the number of trees and their diameters when performing the forestry inventory. The forest quality and the growth rates influence significantly the economy of the forestry enterprises; the timely inventory helps to make prognosis concerning the future cost of the areas and to plan the improvement measures of the growth quality. The modern instrumental methods of measurements allow to perform the much time-consuming forest inventory. The offered device allows to automatize the working process of the technical forester on the sampling unit and to decrease the time of the surface measurements. The mobile device of the surface measurements is an integral part of the complex of forest inventory including the photogrammetric researches of the surface observation: aerial photographic survey, using the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the photographs from the satellite.

DMITRIY OLEGOVICH KVOCHKIN AND VLADIMIR ALEKSANDROVICH USTYUGOV

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