Building Detection by Dempster-Shafer Fusion of LIDAR Data and Multispectral Aerial Imagery

A method for the classification of land cover in urban areas by the fusion of first and last pulse LIDAR data and multi-spectral images is presented. Apart from buildings, the classes "tree", "grass land", and "bare soil" are also distinguished by a classification method based on the theory of Dempster - Shafer for data fusion. Examples are given for a test site in Germany.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ICPR
• Authors: Brian C. Lovell, Franz Rottensteiner, John Trinder, Kurt Kubik, Simon Clode
• Keywords: Classification Method, Computer Vision, Data Fusion, ICPR 2004, Pulse Lidar Data