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Efficient and cost-effective monitoring of urban green spaces using combination of photogrammetry, LiDAR, and RTK in an iPhone-Based approach

Central European Forestry Journal
Volume 71 (2025): Issue 3 (July 2025)
By: Jozef Výbošťok,  Juliána Chudá,  Michal Skladan,  Arunima Singh,  Daniel Tomčík and  Martin Mokroš  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2454-0358 | Journal ISSN: 2454-034X
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Language: English
Page range: 207 - 223
Published on: Aug 12, 2025
Published by: National Forest Centre and Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
urban green space,
Emlid,
photogrammetry,
LiDAR
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2025 Jozef Výbošťok, Juliána Chudá, Michal Skladan, Arunima Singh, Daniel Tomčík, Martin Mokroš, published by National Forest Centre and Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
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