Systems and Methods for Ground Truthing Remotely Sensed Data

Abstract

Systems and methods for tree census collection are provided. Many embodiments provide improvements to tree modeling, including dimensions of tree crowns, which provides greater accuracy in tree modeling. Furthermore, the improvements to tree modeling provide in-situ datasets to ground truth high resolution satellite imagery, LiDAR, and other remotely sensed products and models. The method may also be used to model and ground truth other remotely sensed phenomena having irregular shapes, such as nebula, vapor plumes, volcanic eruptions, cloud cover, sea cover, on Earth, other planetary bodies, or elsewhere in space, and for improved modeling of remotely sensed physical phenomena from data collected from satellites, embedded sensors, telescopes and other astrophotography systems.

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