Bulldozer options

This page provides a comprehensive reference of all available parameters in Bulldozer.
These options allow users to control the behavior of the processing pipeline, adapt the tool to different types of input data, and fine-tune the DTM extraction results.


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Expert Options


Options

generate_ndsm

Description: Generate the Digital Height Model (nDSM = DSM - DTM)

Example

  • generate_ndsm = True
nDSM

max_object_size

Description: Maximum size of foreground objects (in meters)

Examples

  • Example 1: max_object_size = 8
max object size 8
  • Example 2: max_object_size = 16
max object size 16
  • Example 3: max_object_size = 32
max object size 32

ground_mask_path

Description: Path to the binary ground classification mask

Example

  • Example of ground mask
ground mask
  • Dtm without ground mask
DTM without ground mask
  • Dtm with ground mask
DTM with ground mask

activate_ground_anchors

Description: Enable ground anchor detection

Examples

  • Example 1: activate_ground_anchors = True
DTM with ground anchors
  • Example 2: activate_ground_anchors = False
DTM without ground anchors

nb_max_workers

Description: Maximum number of CPU cores to use


developer_mode

Description: Keep intermediate results


Expert options

Warning

These parameters are intended for advanced users. It is recommended to keep the default values.


reg_filtering_iter

Description: Number of regular mask filtering iterations


dsm_z_accuracy

Description: Altimetric height accuracy of the input DSM


max_ground_slope

Description: Maximum slope of the terrain


prevent_unhook_iter

Description: Number of unhook iterations


num_outer_iter

Description: Number of gravity iterations


num_inner_iter

Description: Number of tension iterations


mp_context

Description: Multiprocessing context


intermediate_write

Description: Write intermediate results to disk