arXiv:2605.19213cs.CV2026-05

用手机视频实现森林样地精准测量,成本低且精度高。

Smartphone-based Circular Plot Sampling for Forest Inventory

论文配图:Smartphone-based Circular Plot Sampling for Forest Inventory
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  • 用手机拍摄视频,结合深度估计与定位算法自动识别树木位置和直径。
  • 在人工林和自然林中分别达到1.51厘米和2.30厘米的平均误差。
  • 无需专业设备,适合科研人员和林业管理者快速部署使用。

圆形样地是森林清查的核心,但树干胸径(DBH)和空间位置的精确测量仍具挑战。传统方法依赖昂贵的地面激光雷达或耗时的手动测量,限制了其在大范围场景中的可扩展性。本文提出一种轻量级智能手机方案,仅需将手机固定在便携支架上进行一次行走视频采集,即可完成整块样地的树木测量,无需额外硬件。该方法融合预训练单目深度估计、树木实例分割与同时定位与建图(SLAM)框架,联合优化视频序列中的相机轨迹与深度信息。通过融合SLAM获取的相机位姿与分割后的深度图,恢复树木位置与DBH估计值,并以校准参考长度锚定真实世界尺度。在管理林与天然林中分别实现1.51厘米(MARE 3.98%)和2.30厘米(MARE 5.69%)的平均绝对误差,不同起始方向与位置下表现一致。跨视频一致性分析显示,从不同起点开始测量仍具稳定可重复的定位性能。该方法精度接近传统实地测量,显著降低设备成本与操作复杂度,适用于各类应用场景中的专业研究者与非专家管理者。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Circular sample plots are a cornerstone of forest inventory, yet accurate measurement of tree diameter at breast height (DBH) and spatial location within such plots remains challenging. Conventional approaches rely either on costly terrestrial LiDAR systems or labor-intensive manual methods involving calipers and compass bearings, limiting their scalability and accessibility in large scale environments. We present a lightweight, smartphone-based pipeline that enables complete plot sampling based tree measurement from a single walkthrough video, requiring no specialized hardware beyond a consumer smartphone mounted on a portable stand. The proposed method integrates pretrained monocular depth estimation and tree instance segmentation with a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework to jointly refine camera trajectories and depth across the video sequence. Tree positions and DBH estimates are recovered by fusing SLAM-derived camera poses with segmented depth maps, with absolute real-world scale anchored via a calibrated reference length. The system was evaluated in both managed forest plots and natural forest plot, achieving a mean absolute error of 1.51 cm (MARE 3.98%) and 2.30 cm (MARE 5.69%) respectively, with consistent performance across varying starting directions and positions. Cross-video consistency analysis further demonstrated stable and reproducible tree localization across measurements initiated from different starting positions. The proposed approach achieves accuracy comparable to established field methods while substantially reducing equipment cost and operational complexity, making it accessible to both professional researchers and non-expert forest managers in diverse operational settings.

森林清查手机测量深度估计SLAM

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