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Table 2 Key information about the data quality of the preprocessed point clouds (taking data at the heading stage as an example) and the roughly estimated platform cost and data cost

From: Field-measured canopy height may not be as accurate and heritable as believed: evidence from advanced 3D sensing

Data sources

Point density, pts/m2

Point resolution, mm

Data volume, GB

Platform cost, $

Data Cost, h

Collection

Preprocessing

Total

TLS

929,021.12

2.46

11.40

46,010.00

5.00

79.20

84.20

BLS

17,761.30

15.02

0.22

70,515.00

0.30

2.30

2.60

GLS

697,092.18

1.07

8.68

1,567,000.00

8.00

2.00

6.50

DAP

40,051.30

12.73

0.48

1253.60

0.50

15.70

16.20