Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning


Professor George Vosselman, Professor of Geo-Information Extraction with Sensor Systems at the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Enschede, The Netherlands and Professor Hans-Gerd Maas, Professor of Photogrammetry, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Quantity:

ISBN 978-1904445-87-6
240 x 170mm c.336pp
liberally illustrated
hardback
February 2010

£80.00



Readership:

This will be a benchmark text for advanced students, academics, researchers and practitioners in geomatics in general and remote sensing, photogrammetry and surveying in particular. It will also be a useful reference for companies developing laser scanners and associated software, and scientists and engineers in related disciplines where the technique may be applied.
  • Major new text which provides the state-of-the-art on laser scanning technology
  • Includes a wide range of applications

    • Written by a team of international experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the major applications of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning. The book focuses on principles and methods and presents an integrated treatment of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning technology.

    Laser scanning is a relatively young 3D measurement technique offering much potential in the acquisition of precise and reliable 3D geodata and object geometries. However, there are many terrestrial and airborne scanners on the market, accompanied by numerous software packages that handle data acquisition, processing and visualization, yet existing knowledge is fragmented over a wide variety of publications, whether printed or electronic.

    This book brings together the various facets of the subject in a coherent text that will be relevant for advanced students, academics and practitioners. After consideration of the technology and processing methods, the book turns to applications. The primary use thus far has been the extraction of digital terrain models from airborne laser scanning data, but many other applications are considered including engineering, forestry, cultural heritage, extraction of 3D building models and mobile mapping.

    Contents:Introduction. Laser Scanning Technology (J.-Angelo Beraldin, National Research Council Canada, François Blais, National Research Council Canada and Uwe Lohr, Lohr Consulting Germany). Visualisation and Structuring of Point Clouds (George Vosselman and Reinhard Klein, University of Bonn, Germany). Registration and Calibration (Derek Lichti, University of Calgary, Canada and Jan Skaloud, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [EPFL]). Extraction of Digital Terrain Models (Christian Briese, Vienna University of Technology, Austria). Building Extraction (Claus Brenner, Leibnitz Universität Hannover, Germany). Forestry Applications (Hans-Gerd Maas). Engineering Applications (Roderik Lindenbergh, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands). Cultural Heritage Applications (Pierre Grussenmeyer, INSA Strasbourg, Graduate School of Science and Technology, France and Klaus Hanke, University of Innsbruck, Austria). Mobile Mapping (Hansjörg Kutterer, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany). Index

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