PlantMap3D-BioMassEstimator

Biomass Estimation Module: ROS wrapper will collect the output of the segmentation module for a segmentation array and a height above ground array from a height estimation module

Inputs:

• a segmentation numpy 2D array
• a height above ground 2D array (not used in version 1)

Process:

1. count pixels for each species from segmentation label input
2. apply a linear y = mx+b correlation between species pixel count and biomass (by species if necessary)

Outputs:

• a dictionary of Biomass estimates for each possible species (floats)

Roadmap:

1. Version 1 release date: 2/10/2023
2. Version 2: change biomass estimation to include height information to calculate volume per species. Then the biomass estimate would be a correlation between species volume and biomass. No release date yet.
3. Version 3: change biomass correlation method to be either more statistically sophisticated, or introduce a neural network for biomass estimation.