The package opalsForest provides a set of modules and scripts dealing with forestry applications like:

DSM generation (in forested areas)
forest border delineation
delineation of homogeneous wood stands
determination of crown coverage
biomass (wood stock) estimation
analysis of forest layer structure
classification of tree species
change detection
estimation of gap fractions
estimation of stem diameter distributions

Please note, that opalsForest is only partially available and some modules are in experimental state..

Unlike other packages, opalsForest consists of a multitude of loose scripts for different purposes. Therefore, the package script opalsForest only gives a short information, but cannot be used to run all the scripts in the module.

Scripts and Modules of Package opalsForest
Python Scripts	Description
forBiomass.py	forBiomass calculates and validates parameters that can be used for estimating forest biomass.
forCrownCoverage.py	Calculates the crown coverage for a triplet of trees.
forDSM.py	Calculates a DSM for forested areas using the landcover dependent approach of Hollaus et al, 2010.
forDelineation.py	Derives forest boundaries from topographic models (DTM, DSM, ...) based on a specific forest definition.
forTopHeight.py	Calculates statistical measures (mean, std.dev., ...) for the 100 highest points within specific AOIs.
forTreeDetection.py	Detects single tree positions from topographic models (DTM, nDSM, etc.).
opalsForest.py	Package script providing a set of forestry related tools.
utilsImageOverlay.py	Script to combine a height coloring with a hill shading.
Modules	Description
AddInfo	Inserts or updates ODM attributes by combining existing attributes and/or grid models.
Algebra	Provides a generic raster algebra calculator featuring mathematical, statistical and conditional operators.
Cell	Calculates statistical features of user defined attributes and stores them as raster models or rasterized point clouds.
Colorize
Contouring	Derives the contour of foreground objects of a raster model and exports the results as a polygon shape file.
Convolution	Performs convolutional filtering operations on a raster image.
DBH	Estimate the Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) based on 3D point cloud data (ODM).
DSM	Calculates a land cover dependent DSM raster model based on the approach of Hollaus et. al. (2010).
DTM	Calculates a high quality Digital Terrain Model in hybrid grid structure (i.e. regular grid + structure lines).
EchoRatio	Derives and stores the echo ratio (ER) attribute for points of an OPALS data manager.
Export	Exports vector data stored in an OPALS data manager (ODM) in various data formats.
Grid	Derives a 2.5D digital elevation models (DEM) in regular grid structure using simple interpolation techniques.
Histo	Derives histograms and descriptive statistics (min, max, mean, r.m.s, etc.) for ODM or grid/raster data sets and stores the results graphically (SVG) and numerically (XML).
Import	Loads vector and raster data into an ODM for subsequent use in modules dealing with point cloud and line related data.
Info	Extracts and reports information of an ODM, vector or raster file.
ModelFromAxis
Morph	Applies morphological operations (opening, closing, erosion, dilation) on raster datasets.
Normals	Estimates local surface normal vectors for each point of a specific point cloud (ODM).
PointStats	Derives and stores statistical parameters describing the local distribution of a point attribute for each point of an ODM.
Rasterize	Performs vector-to-raster conversion for all types of simple feature geometries (points, lines, polygons).
RoadStats
Shade	Derives shaded relief raster maps (geo-coded hill shading) of DEM grids.
StatFilter	Performs statistical filtering of raster datasets with a sliding kernel of arbitrary shape and size.
TIN	Creates a TIN surface from ODM vector data based on a 2D constrained Delaunay triangulation.
Translate	Performs format conversion for vector data files with additional read support of GDAL rasters.
Vectorize	Performs raster-to-vector conversion and exports polyline geometries.
View	Provides an interactive 3d viewer for points (including arbitrary attributes) and lines.
ZColor	Derives color coded visualizations of grid models and stores them as geo-coded raster images.