INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
INTERNATIONALE GESELLSCHAFT F�R PHOTOGRAMMETRIE UND FERNERKUNDUNG
SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DE PHOTOGRAMMETRIE ET DE TELEDETECTION
Proceedings of the ISPRS working group III/3 workshop
`3-D reconstruction from airborne laserscanner and InSAR data'
Dresden, Germany
8-10 October 2003
Editors: H.-G. Maas, G. Vosselman, A. Streilein
ISSN 1682-1750
VOLUME XXXIV, PART 3/W13
Papers accepted on the basis of peer-reviewed full manuscripts
Organized by
ISPRS commission III working group 3
EuroSDR commission 1: Sensors, Primary data acquisition and Georeferencing
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Table of contents:
Session I: Accuracy analysis
Date: Wednesday October 8
Chair: Sagi Filin, The Netherlands
A Quality Assessment of Airborne Laser Scanner Data
Eero Ahokas, H. Kaartinen, Juha Hyypp�, Finland
A Method to Predict Accuracy of Matching in Least Squares Surface Matching
Robert P�quet, Australia
Practical Methods for the Verification of Countrywide Produced Terrain and Surface Models
Roberto Artuso, St�phane Bovet and Andr� Streilein, Switzerland
Estimating Intrinsic Accuracy of Airborne Laser Data with Local 3D-Offsets
Fr�d�ric Bretar, Marc Pierrot-Deseilligny and Michel Roux, France
Session II: Forest inventory
Date: Wednesday October 8
Chair: Beno�t St-Onge, Canada
Clustering in Airborne Laser Scanning Raw Data for Segmentation of Single Trees
Felix Morsdorf, Erich Meier, Britta Allg�wer and Daniel N�esch, Switzerland
A Top-Down Operator for the Automatic Extraction of Trees - Concept and Performance Evaluation
Bernd Straub, Germany
Forest Inventory for Eucalyptus Plantations Based on Airborne Laser Scanner Data
Roland Wack, Matthias Schardt, Austria; Uwe Lohr, Germany; Luis Barrucho, Tiago Oliveira, Portugal
Session III: Strip adjustment and calibration
Date: Thursday October 9
Chair: Hans-Gerd Maas, Germany
Strip Adjustment of LiDAR Data
Wolfgang Kornus and A. Ruiz, Spain
Quality Improvement of Laser Altimetry DEMs
Sander Oude Elberink, Gert Brand, Regine Br�gelmann, The Netherlands
About the Calibration of LiDAR Sensors
Rolf Katzenbeisser, Germany
Analysis and Implementation of a Laser Strip Adjustment Model
Sagi Filin, The Netherlands
Session IV: Filtering
Date: Thursday October 9
Chair: George Vosselman, The Netherlands
Comparison of Filtering Algorithms
George Sithole and George Vosselman, The Netherlands
Classification and Filtering of Laser Data
Carla Nardinocchi, Gianfranco Forlani, Primo Zingaretti, Italy
Segmented Filtering of Laser Scanner DSMs
Karsten Jacobsen and Peter Lohmann, Germany
Session V: Poster Session
Date: Thursday October 9
Agricultural Applications of Laser Scanner DEMs: Quality Requirements and Analysis Methods
Frank Schmidt, Germany
Airborne Laser Scanning Technology and its Potential for Applications in Glaciology
Thomas Geist, Eric Lutz, Hans St�tter, Austria
Aspects of Raster DEM Data Derived from Laser Measurements
Gerhard L�ffler, Germany
Derivation of Roof Types by Cluster Analysis in Parameter Spaces of Airborne Laser Scanner Point Clouds
Alexandra Hofmann , Hans-Gerd Maas, Germany; Andr� Streilein, Switzerland
Filtering of Laser Scanning Data in Forest Areas using Finite Elements
Peter Krzystek, Germany
Fusion, Interpretation and Combination of Geodata for the Extraction of Topographic Objects
Claus Brenner, Christoph Dold and Katharina J�lge, Germany
Interactive Relative Orientation Between Terrestrial Images and Airborne Laser Scanning Data
Petri R�nnholm, Hannu Hyypp�, Petteri P�ntinen, Henrik Haggr�n, Finland
Investigating the Spatial Structure of Error in Digital Surface Models Derived from Laser Scanning Data
Sarah Louise Smith, David Holland and Paul Longley, United Kingdom
Investigations of Airborne Laser Scanning Signal Intensity on Glacial Surfaces - Utilizing
Comprehensive Laser Geometry Modeling and Orthophoto Surface Modeling (A Case Study: Svartisheibreen, Norway)
Eric Lutz, Thomas Geist, Hans St�tter, Austria
On the Quality of Object Classification and Automated Building Modelling Based on Laser
Scanning Data
Thomas V�gtle and Eberhard Steinle, Germany
The STIN method: 3D-Surface Reconstruction by Observation Lines and Delaunay TENs
Edward Verbree and Peter van Oosterom, Netherlands
Vehicle Recognition from LiDAR Data
Charles Toth, USA, Arpad Barsi and Tamas Lovas, Hungary
Session VI: Building reconstruction
Date: Thursday October 9
Chair: Claus Brenner, Germany
Building Extraction using LiDAR DEMs and IKONOS Images
Gunho Sohn and Ian Dowman, United Kingdom
Automatic Generation of Building Models from LiDAR Data and the Integration of Aerial Images
Franz Rottensteiner and Christian Briese, Austria
SAR-Based 3D Reconstruction of Complex Urban Environments
Timo Balz and Norbert Haala, Germany
Iterative Building Reconstruction from Multi-Aspect InSAR Data
Uwe S�rgel, U. Th�nnessen, Uwe Stilla, Germany
Session VII: DEM's, forestry and data fusion
Date: Friday October 10
Chair: Andr� Streilein, Switzerland
Determination of Terrain Features in a Terrain Model from Laser Radar Data
Fredrik Lantz, Erland Jungert, Mats Sj�vall, Sweden
High Altitude LIDAR To Enhance GeoSAR System Performance
Roland Haarbrink, USA
Combining Stereo-Photogrammetry and LiDAR to Map Forest Canopy Height
Beno�t St-Onge and C�dric V�ga, Canada
A Comparison of Forest Canopy Models Derived from LiDAR and InSAR Data in a Pacific NorthWest Conifer Forest
Hans-Erik Andersen, Robert J. McGaughey, Ward W. Carson, Stephen E. Reutebuch, Bryan Mercer, Jeremy Allan, USA
Session VIII: Mapping
Date: Friday October 10
Chair: Norbert Haala, Germany
Automatic Detection of Buildings from Laser Scanner Data for Map Updating
Leena Matikainen, Juha Hyypp� and Hannu Hyypp�, Finland
Extraction of Road Geometry Parameters from Laser Scanning and Existing Databases
Carsten Hatger, Claus Brenner, Germany
3D Reconstruction of Roads and Trees for City Modelling
George Vosselman, The Netherlands
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