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A Supervised Object-Based Detection of Landslides and Man-Made Slopes Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data

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In recent years, airborne-derived products from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) measurements, such as high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs), slope, curvature, shaded relief, and maps of landslides obtained from beneath dense vegetation, are becoming increasingly important for producing a detailed landslide inventory map

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Pradhan, B., Alsaleh, A. (2017). A Supervised Object-Based Detection of Landslides and Man-Made Slopes Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data. In: Pradhan, B. (eds) Laser Scanning Applications in Landslide Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55342-9_2

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