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Digital Deforestation: Comparing Automated Approaches to the Production of Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) in Agisoft Metashape.
- Source :
- Quaternary; Mar2022, Vol. 5 Issue 1, p5, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper tests the suitability of automated point cloud classification tools provided by the popular image-based modeling (IBM) software package Agisoft Metashape for the generation of digital terrain models (DTMs) at moderately-vegetated archaeological sites. DTMs are often required for various forms of archaeological mapping and analysis. The suite of tools provided by Agisoft are relatively user-friendly as compared to many point cloud classification algorithms and do not require the use of additional software. Based on a case study from the Mycenaean site of Kastrouli, Greece, the mostly-automated, geometric classification tool "Classify Ground Points" provides the best results and produces a quality DTM that is sufficient for mapping and analysis. Each of the methods tested in this paper can likely be improved through manual editing of point cloud classification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2571550X
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Quaternary
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156095830
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5010005