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The paper presents results of studies on the application of integrated data from airborne laser scanning (ALS) and satellite imagery (GeoEye-1) for the automatic mapping of vegetation (object-oriented image analysis) and to generate 3D spatial indices describing the structure of the vegetation. Created indices characterize the vertical diversity of vegetation (VDI – Vegetation Diversity Index) and the amount of space filled by vegetation (FR – Filling Ratio, V2A – Volume to Area). In addition, the VV2BV index (Vegetation Volume to Built-up Volume) is expressing the ratio of volume of vegetation to volume of buildings. This indicator can be applied for valorization of built-up areas.
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