Introduction¶
Credits¶
The Plugin CHM from Lidar has been funded by the Programma di sviluppo rurale per il Veneto 2014-2020
The Organisation responsible of the information is: GTER Innovazione in Geomatica, GNSS e GIS
Managing Authority: Regione del Veneto - Direzione AdG FEASR e Foreste
The Manual has been realized by Gter srl and is licensed under the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
It has been also developed a detailed tutorial for users of Regione Veneto about the use of LIDAR data for forestry purposes in QGIS. The tutorial (only in Italian) includes:
- a brief introduction about LIDAR tech and its main applications in the environmental fields and others,
- a detailed description of the use and operation of the CHM from LIDAR Plugin including pratical examples about data (DSM/DTM) of Regione Veneto
- a section dedicated to the post-processing of the resulting CHM obtained from the use of the plugin (eg. riclassification and vectorization).
The Tutorial is available at the link: https://tutorial-lidar-qgis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Glossary¶
- CHM: Canopy Height Model
- DSM: Digital Surface Model
- DTM: Digital Terrain Model
- GIS: Geographic Information System
- LIDAR: Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging