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Simulating cable corridors based on terrestrial LiDAR data.

Carl O Retzlaff¹, Christoph Gollob², Arne Nothdurft²

¹Human-Centered AI Lab, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Forest Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria.

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Optimizing cable corridor layouts for steep terrain timber extraction is improved with forest digital twins. This method enhances feasibility and reduces costs for sustainable forestry operations.

Keywords:

Cable yarding Digital twin Mechanical simulation Optimization

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Forestry Science
Geographic Information Systems
Sustainable Resource Management

Background:

Traditional timber extraction on steep terrain faces challenges with inaccurate contour maps for cable corridor planning.
Infeasible support points and reduced confidence in generated layouts are common issues with current methods.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel digital twin-based approach for optimizing cable corridor layouts in steep terrain timber extraction.
To enhance the accuracy and feasibility of cable corridor planning, reducing operational costs and promoting sustainability.

Main Methods:

Utilizing high-resolution tree maps and digital terrain models to create realistic forest digital twins.
Applying established forestry methods to compute feasible cable corridors, considering rope deflection, tree anchors, and intermediate supports.

Main Results:

The digital twin approach generates realistic representations of potential cable corridors.
Feasible cable corridor trajectories are identified, forming a basis for optimized overall layouts.

Conclusions:

The proposed method improves the accuracy of cable corridor planning for steep terrain timber extraction.
This approach supports cost reduction and promotes sustainable forestry practices, with future work focusing on multi-criteria optimization and user-friendly integration.