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This paper presents a novel technique for detecting vegetation of virtually all forms in terrestrial laser scanning data of urban environments. We make use of a modern laser range finder capability to measure multiple echoes per laser pulse via Full Wave Analysis. The algorithm is able to efficiently, i.e., less than acquisition time, identify vegetation to a high degree of accuracy (more than 99 percent). We present and evaluate three alternatives to classify candidate regions as either vegetation or non-vegetation.
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