libTTS: A Library for Forest Point Cloud Processing using Topological Data Analysis

Project Status

This project is currently under active development. The API and features are likely to change frequently, so please check back often for updates.

Citation

The methods implemented in this library are described in the following publications.

For Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) Data:

@article{xu2023topology_tls,
  title={Topology-based individual tree segmentation for automated processing of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds},
  author={Xu, Xin and Iuricich, Federico and Calders, Kim and Armston, John and De Floriani, Leila},
  journal={International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation},
  volume={116},
  pages={103145},
  year={2023},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

For Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) Data:

@article{xu2023topology_als,
  title={A topology-based approach to individual tree segmentation from airborne LiDAR data},
  author={Xu, Xin and Iuricich, Federico and De Floriani, Leila},
  journal={GeoInformatica},
  pages={1--30},
  year={2023},
  publisher={Springer}
}