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Xinlian Liang is affiliated with the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as environmental engineering, nature and landscape conservation, geology, aerospace engineering, and insect science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, 3D surveying and cultural heritage, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, remote sensing in agriculture, robotics and sensor-based localization, and urban heat island mitigation.

Xinlian Liang has published research in several prominent venues, reflecting a focus on geospatial and environmental themes. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The "International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
  • Forest Ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has collaborated frequently with others in their field, including Yunsheng Wang, Juha Hyyppä, Antero Kukko, Hanwen Qi, and Martin Mokroš.

Several recent papers by Xinlian Liang characterize the focus on advanced remote sensing technologies and forest measurements. These include:

  • "Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements" (2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
  • "Accurate derivation of stem curve and volume using backpack mobile laser scanning" (2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
  • "Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed - Part II, A comparison study of tree height estimates from conventional field measurement and low-cost close-range remote sensing in a deciduous forest" (2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
  • "Novel low-cost mobile mapping systems for forest inventories as terrestrial laser scanning alternatives" (2021, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation)
  • "Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forests: The state of the art, challenges, and opportunities for systems and data acquisitions" (2022, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine)

Liang's work predominantly employs UAV laser scanning, mobile laser scanning, and close-range remote sensing technologies to improve forest inventory methods and ecological measurements.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial laser scanning in forest inventories

    Xinlian Liang;Xinlian Liang;Ville Kankare;Ville Kankare;Juha Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Yunsheng Wang;Yunsheng Wang

  • ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

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  • International benchmarking of terrestrial laser scanning approaches for forest inventories

    Xinlian Liang;Juha Hyyppä;Harri Kaartinen;Harri Kaartinen;Matti Lehtomäki

  • Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed – A comparison study of tree height estimates from field measurement, airborne laser scanning and terrestrial laser scanning in a boreal forest

    Yunsheng Wang;Yunsheng Wang;Matti Lehtomäki;Matti Lehtomäki;Xinlian Liang;Xinlian Liang;Jiri Pyörälä;Jiri Pyörälä;Jiri Pyörälä

  • Automatic Stem Mapping Using Single-Scan Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Xinlian Liang;P. Litkey;J. Hyyppa;H. Kaartinen

  • Automated Stem Curve Measurement Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Xinlian Liang;Ville Kankare;Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppa

  • International Benchmarking of the Individual Tree Detection Methods for Modeling 3-D Canopy Structure for Silviculture and Forest Ecology Using Airborne Laser Scanning

    Yunsheng Wang;Juha Hyyppa;Xinlian Liang;Harri Kaartinen

  • Automatic stem mapping by merging several terrestrial laser scans at the feature and decision levels.

    Xinlian Liang;Juha Hyyppä

  • Novel low-cost mobile mapping systems for forest inventories as terrestrial laser scanning alternatives

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  • Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements

    Eric Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Teemu Hakala;Antero Kukko;Antero Kukko

  • Accurate derivation of stem curve and volume using backpack mobile laser scanning

    Eric Hyyppä;Antero Kukko;Antero Kukko;Risto Kaijaluoto;Joanne C. White

  • The Use of a Mobile Laser Scanning System for Mapping Large Forest Plots

    Xinlian Liang;Juha Hyyppa;Antero Kukko;Harri Kaartinen

  • Forest in situ observations using unmanned aerial vehicle as an alternative of terrestrial measurements

    Xinlian Liang;Yunsheng Wang;Jiri Pyörälä;Matti Lehtomäki

  • Tree mapping using airborne, terrestrial and mobile laser scanning – A case study in a heterogeneous urban forest

    Markus Holopainen;Ville Kankare;Mikko Vastaranta;Xinlian Liang

  • Feasibility of Terrestrial laser scanning for collecting stem volume information from single trees

    Ninni Saarinen;Ninni Saarinen;Ville Kankare;Ville Kankare;Mikko Vastaranta;Mikko Vastaranta;Ville Luoma;Ville Luoma

  • Accuracy of Kinematic Positioning Using Global Satellite Navigation Systems under Forest Canopies

    Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä;Mikko Vastaranta;Antero Kukko

  • Comparison of Laser and Stereo Optical, SAR and InSAR Point Clouds from Air- and Space-Borne Sources in the Retrieval of Forest Inventory Attributes

    Xiaowei Yu;Juha Hyyppä;Mika Karjalainen;Kimmo Nurminen

  • Possibilities of a Personal Laser Scanning System for Forest Mapping and Ecosystem Services

    Xinlian Liang;Antero Kukko;Harri Kaartinen;Juha Hyyppä

  • An Integrated GNSS/INS/LiDAR-SLAM Positioning Method for Highly Accurate Forest Stem Mapping

    Chuang Qian;Hui Liu;Jian Tang;Yuwei Chen

  • Forest Data Collection Using Terrestrial Image-Based Point Clouds From a Handheld Camera Compared to Terrestrial and Personal Laser Scanning

    Xinlian Liang;Yunsheng Wang;Anttoni Jaakkola;Antero Kukko

  • The Use of a Hand-Held Camera for Individual Tree 3D Mapping in Forest Sample Plots

    Xinlian Liang;Anttoni Jaakkola;Yunsheng Wang;Juha Hyyppä

  • In-situ measurements from mobile platforms: An emerging approach to address the old challenges associated with forest inventories

    Xinlian Liang;Xinlian Liang;Antero Kukko;Antero Kukko;Antero Kukko;Juha Hyyppä;Juha Hyyppä;Matti Lehtomäki;Matti Lehtomäki

Frequent Co-Authors

Juha Hyyppä
Juha Hyyppä Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Antero Kukko
Antero Kukko Aalto University
Harri Kaartinen
Harri Kaartinen University of Turku
Mikko Vastaranta
Mikko Vastaranta University of Eastern Finland
Xiaowei Yu
Xiaowei Yu Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Anttoni Jaakkola
Anttoni Jaakkola Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Hannu Hyyppä
Hannu Hyyppä Aalto University
Ruizhi Chen
Ruizhi Chen Wuhan University
Eija Honkavaara
Eija Honkavaara Finnish Geospatial Research Institute
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada

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