The invention relates to the technical field of
forest resource investigation and monitoring, and discloses a
natural forest multi-source
point cloud registration method and
system based on
point cloud segmentation optimization, and the method comprises the steps: laying a
sample plot, collecting the
diameter at breast height, the height and the crown breadth of a single tree, and obtaining the space coordinates of the single tree in combination with RTK; according to the method, unmanned aerial vehicle
laser scanning and backpack
laser scanning are adopted to collect and preprocess
point cloud data of a research area, an ICP
algorithm is adopted to align a source point cloud with a target point cloud through rotation and translation, point cloud registration is achieved through a minimization
error function, point cloud registration precision and errors are quantified through evaluation indexes, and point cloud registration evaluation is carried out. Therefore, the point cloud registration precision is effectively improved through a segmented registration strategy, limitation caused by single sensor data can be overcome through fusion of BLS and ULS multi-source point
cloud data, the extraction precision of
tree structure parameters is remarkably improved, and the method is not only suitable for point cloud registration of natural forests, but also suitable for point cloud registration of natural forests. And reliable data support and
technical support are provided for
forest resource monitoring and ecological protection.