Analysis and exploitation of landforms for improved optimisation of camera based wildfire detection systems
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Date
2021
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Springer
Abstract
Tower-mounted camera-based wildfire detection systems provide an effective means of early forest fire detection. Historically, tower sites have been identified
by foresters and locals with intimate knowledge of the terrain and without the aid of
computational optimisation tools. When moving into vast new territories and without
the aid of local knowledge, this process becomes cumbersome and daunting. In such
instances, the optimisation of final site layouts may be streamlined if a suitable strategy is employed to limit the candidate sites to landforms which offer superior system
visibility. A framework for the exploitation of landforms for these purposes is proposed. The landform classifications at 165 existing tower sites from wildfire detection
systems in South Africa, Canada and the USA are analysed using the geomorphon
technique, and it is noted that towers are located at or near certain landform types.
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Fire detection, Maximal cover, Landforms, Facility location, Wildfire
Citation
Heyns, A. M. et al. (2021). Analysis and exploitation of landforms for improved optimisation of camera based wildfire detection systems. Fire Technology, 57(5), 2269–2303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-021-01120-2