Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 3, 582(2025)

A Fast Automatic Registration Method for Terrestrial LiDAR Point Cloud in Forested Area based on Normal Features

Cheng LI, Chongcheng CHEN, and Hongyu HUANG*
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Spatial Mining and Information Sharing of Ministry of Education,Spatial Information Research Centre of Fujian,Fuzhou University,Fuzhou350108,China
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    Received: Oct. 24, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Hongyu HUANG (hhy@ftu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.3.0582

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