Sensors, Vol. 24, Pages 1669: Multispectral Light Detection and Ranging Technology and Applications: A Review

Sensors, Vol. 24, Pages 1669: Multispectral Light Detection and Ranging Technology and Applications: A Review Sensors doi: 10.3390/s24051669 Authors: Narges Takhtkeshha Gottfried Mandlburger Fabio Remondino Juha Hyyppä Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a well-established active technology for the direct acquisition of 3D data. In recent years, the geometric information collected by LiDAR sensors has been widely combined with optical images to provide supplementary spectral information to achieve more precise results in diverse remote sensing applications. The emergence of active Multispectral LiDAR (MSL) systems, which operate on different wavelengths, has recently been revolutionizing the simultaneous acquisition of height and intensity information. So far, MSL technology has been successfully applied for fine-scale mapping in various domains. However, a comprehensive review of this modern technology is currently lacking. Hence, this study presents an exhaustive overview of the current state-of-the-art in MSL systems by reviewing the latest technologies for MSL data acquisition. Moreover, the paper reports an in-depth analysis of the diverse applications of MSL, spanning across fields of “ecology and forestry”, “objects and Land Use Land Cover (LULC) classification”, “change detection”, “bathymetry”, “topographic mapping&rd...
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