Remote Sensing and Forest Biogeoscience Laboratory
News: We are seeking for research partner (a 2-year contract starts from August 2023)...
ESRI User Conference 2023
July 10-14,
San Diego, CA
Map Gallery (Panel C-04-01)
Mapping Forest Tree Stems by PointCNN Point Cloud Classification
Brief description of the story map: This map demonstrates mapping trees from mobile lidar data by PointCNN for a secondary forest in the Lishan Area, Taiwan. The analytical procedures from airborne and mobile lidar data collection to modeling and validation were presented. The results appeared that PointCNN is promising as a ground-truthing tool to provide reliable tree maps from mobile lidar data and, therefore, is likely to benefit forest inventory and MRV.
Map location: The forest in the area of the Dajiaxi Working Circle, managed by the Taiwan Forestry Bureau, was selected for this study. The forest is at 121º07’42”–121º27’03” E and 24º08’09”–24º26’31” N in north-central Taiwan.
Map book descriptions: PointCNN extracts a map of trees in a subtropical secondary forest in Taiwan. Broadleaf trees are the dominant species naturally regenerated from degraded pine forests. The recall, precision, and f1-score are 0.92, 0.97, and 0.94, respectively.
20 April 2023
Congratulations!
Professor Chinsu Lin was nominated and duly elected as a Full Member of Sigma Xi.
22 June 2023
We are hiring ...
Job Title: Assistant Researcher
Location: Remote Sensing & Forest Biogeoscience Laboratory (RSFBioL) at National Chiayi University, Taiwan
Period of employment: 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2025
Pay: Monthly pay based on governmental regulations with insurance
Project: Forest degradation induced carbon loss and regain (Funded by NSTC, Taiwan)
Expertise: Point cloud data processing, image processing
Data: Spaceborne/Airborne/Terrestrial lidar, UAV images
Skills: program coding, deep learning, machine learning
A qualified researcher interested in this topic is encouraged to email your CV to chinsu@mail.ncyu.edu.tw for consideration.
20 April 2023
Call for paper
Special Issue: Application of Laser Scanning and Satellite Images in Forest
Journal: forests (SCI: Impact Factor: 2.9, Citescore: 4.5, Q1)
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Chinsu Lin, Prof. Dr. Wenzhi Liao
Deadline: 31 Jan 2024
Research Areas
● Hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing
● LiDAR remote sensing
● UAV remote sensing
● Signal processing for phenology and physiology (stress and anomaly detection)
● Ecosystem primary production (GPP and NPP)
● Forest carbon accounting system
● GIS, zoning of forest ecosystem, and biodiversity conservation
● 3D-based scenic beauty modeling and evaluation (3D-PPGIS)
● Precision forestry
● Forest multiple-attributes-based structures and modeling (DSSA Algorithm)
● Forest dynamics and growth modeling
● Monitoring-Reporting-Validation Process for forest certification and sustainable management
● Bamboo management, forest planning, and REDD+
● Landscape ecology
● Environmental education
