Close-Range Sensing: Analysis and Applications

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WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION V

• WG V/1 - Vision Metrology-Best Practice, Systems and Applications
• WG V/2 - Cultural Heritage Data Acquisition and Processing
• WG V/3 - Terrestrial Laser Scanning and 3D Imaging
• WG V/4 - Image-Based and Range-Based 3D Modelling
• WG V/5 - Image Sensor Technology
• WG V/6 - Close Range Morphological Measurement for the Earth Sciences

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INTERCOMMISSION WG of ISPRS COMMISSION V

• ICWG_V/I - Land-Based Mobile Mapping Systems
• ICWG_I/V - Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) for Mapping and Monitoring Applications

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WG V/1 - Vision Metrology-Best Practice, Systems and Applications
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair
Stuart Robson	Jean-Angelo Beraldin	Thomas Luhmann
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering University College London London WC1E 6BT UK +44 (0)207 679 2726 +44 (0)207 380 0453	NRC Institute for Information Technology 1200 Montreal Road Building M-50, Room 352 Ottawa ON K1A 0R6 CANADA +1 (613) 990 6871 +1 (613) 952 0215	Institute of Applied Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics University of Applied Sciences D-26121 Oldenburg GERMANY +49 441 7708 3172 +49 441 7708 3170
srobson.cege.ucl.ac.uk	Jean-Angelo.Beraldin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca	luhmann@fh-oow.de
www2.cege.ucl.ac.uk/staff/ staffpage.asp?StaffID=683	iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/personnel/ beraldin_angelo_e.html	www.fh-oow.de/institute/iapg/personen/ luhmann/luhmann.shtml

 

WG V/1 - Terms of Reference:

• Performance evaluation including definition of accuracy in vision metrology, best practice and contribution to international standards
• System developments and industrial applications including hybrid systems and colour processing
• Colour processing, recognising that many commercial-off-the-shelf systems incorporate colour sensors
• Camera-controlled robot and machine guidance
• 6DOF measurements (including optical sensor navigation)
• Large volume (sub millimetre capability at object scales of greater than 10 metres)
• Very close range (micrometre capabilities at object scales of less than 1 metre)

 

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WG V/2 - Cultural Heritage Data Acquisition and Processing
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Paul Bryan	Bharat Lohani	Fulvio Rinaudo
English Heritage 37 Tanner Row York YO1 6WP UK +44 (0)1904 601959	Department of Civil Engineering IIT Kanpur Kanpur 208 016 INDIA +91 (512) 259 7413 0	Politecnico di Torino DITAG Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino ITALY +39 011 090 76 59
paul.bryan@english-heritage.org.uk	blohani@iitk.ac.in	fulvio.rinaudo@polit.it
www.english-heritage.org.uk/	home.iitk.ac.in/~blohani/

 

WG V/2 - Terms of Reference:

• Development and promotion of measurement techniques, from close range through to satellite, and spatial information systems applicable to cultural heritage
• Integration of measurement techniques supporting the documentation, monitoring and presentational requirements of the archaeology, architecture, conservation and archiving communities
• Development and dissemination of best-practice protocols to aid appropriate application across related cultural heritage fields
• Development and promotion of low-cost, rapid, innovative, automated, commercial and open-source approaches
• Development and promotion of UAV platforms applicable to cultural heritage
• Close co-operation with related disciplines, national / international groups (e.g. CIPA) and other ISPRS working and regional groups

 

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WG V/3 - Terrestrial Laser Scanning and 3D Imaging
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Derek Lichti	Hans-Gerd Maas	Marco Scaioni	Pedro Arias-Sánchez
Department of Geomatics Engineering The University of Calgary 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB Canada T2N 1N4 CANADA +1 403 210 9495 +1 403 284 1980	Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Dresden University of Technology Helmholtzstr. 10 D-01069 Dresden GERMANY Tel +49 (0)351 463 32859 (secretary 33680) +49 (0)351 463 37266	Department of Building Environment Science and Technology Politecnico di Milano via M. d'Oggiono 18/a 23900 Lecco ITALY +39 02 2399 8787 +39 02 2399 8771	Department of Natural Resources Engineering Cartographic Engineering Unit University of Vigo Mining School Maxwell street s/n. 36310 Vigo SPAIN +34 986 813 645 / +34 647 343 276 +34 986 811 924
ddlichti@ucalgary.ca	hans-gerd.maas@tu-dresden.de	marco.scaioni@polimi.it	parias@uvigo.es
www.ucalgary.ca/lichti/	rcswww.urz.tu-dresden.de/~hmaas/hg_maas.html		webs.uvigo.es/grupotf1/

 

WG V/3 - Terms of Reference:

• Geometric and radiometric sensor modelling and calibration of terrestrial laser scanners
• Automated and robust methods for point cloud registration
• Integration of terrestrial laser scanning and other sensors on static and kinematic platforms (in collaboration with WG V/5 and IC WG V/I)
• Feature extraction, 3D object modelling and scene classification (in collaboration with WG III/2 and WG V/4)
• Processing methods for range cameras and other 3D imaging sensors, in particular range camera image sequences (in collaboration with WG V/5)

 

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WG V/4 - Image-Based and Range-Based 3D Modelling
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair
Fabio Remondino	Jan Böhm	Qing Zhu
3D Optical Metrology Group Smart Optical Sensors and Interfaces (SOI) B. Kessler Foundation (FBK) 38050 Povo, Trento Italy +39 0461 314 914 +39 0461 314 930	University College London Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Gower Street London WC1E 6BT United Kingdom +44 (0)20 3108 1036	State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing Wuhan University P.O. Box C.310 129 LuoYu Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430079 CHINA +86 27 68778322 +86 27 68778229
remondino@fbk.eu	j.boehm@ucl.ac.uk	zhuq66@263.net
www.fbk.eu	www.cege.ucl.ac.uk/ people/academics	VRLab.whu.edu.cn

 

WG V/4 - Terms of Reference:

• Stimulate the development of algorithms and software tools for (automated) geometric modelling using different data sources
• Promote integrated processing of point clouds, image and video data for the generation of realistic 3D models usable in virtual environments, animations, games, museums, etc.
• Benchmark the quality of 3D models generated through software tools and create standard datasets
• Consider efficiency and interoperability of models for Virtual Environment applications (e.g. simplification, standards)
• Address special requirements of 3D models for cultural heritage, architecture, engineering, construction (e.g. metric precision, geo-reference, annotation)

 

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WG V/5 - Image Sensor Technology
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Ralf Reulke	Michael Chapman	Martin Smith	Andreas Luber
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Informatik, Computer Vision Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin GERMANY +49-30-2093-3044 +49-30-2093-3045	Department of Civil Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street Toronto Ontario M5B 2K3 CANADA +1 416-979-5000 (6461) +1 416-979-5122	Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG) The University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK +44 115 951 3885 +44 115 951 3881	German Aerospace Center Institute of Transportation Systems Rutherfordstraße 2 12489 Berlin GERMANY +49 30 67055 317 +49 30 67055 202
reulke@informatik.hu-berlin.de	mchapman@ryerson.ca	martin.smith@nottingham.ac.uk	andreas.luber@dlr.de.de
		www.nottingham.ac.uk/iessg/	www.dlr.de/fs

 

WG V/5 - Terms of Reference:

• Design, characterization, calibration and evaluation of imaging sensors for close range photogrammetry and terrestrial application
• Evaluation of image sensors (CCD, CMOS, IR-Bolometer), thermal systems and time-of-flight based range image sensors
• Evaluation of non-standard imaging principles (panoramic cameras, fisheye systems, catadioptric sensors and other omni-directional vision techniques)
• Geometric and radiometric properties of image data, quality standards, and factors (environmental and others) affecting data quality
• Integrated sensors / sensor fusion (synchronization and metric aspects, alignment of different sensors)
• Multiple camera / multiple sensing systems and solutions for outdoor applications (surveillance and traffic object recognition)

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WG V/6 - Close Range Morphological Measurement for the Earth Sciences
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jim Chandler	Simon Buckley	Dirk Rieke-Zapp	Rene Wackrow
Dept. of Civil and Building Engineering Loughborough University LE11 3TU UK + 44 1509 222624	Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research University of Bergen PO Box 7800 N-5020 Bergen NORWAY +47 55 58 36 70	School of Environmental and Life Sciences University of Bern Institute of Geological Sciences Baltzerstrasse 1-3 CH-3012 Bern SWITZERLAND +41 31 631 87 61	Dept. of Civil and Building Engineering Loughborough University LE11 3TU UK
j.h.chandler@lboro.ac.uk	Simon.buckley@cipr.uib.no	zapp@geo.unibe.ch	r.wackrow@lboro.ac.uk
www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~cvjhc/	www.cipr.uib.no/ person.aspx?person=22	web	www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~cvrw5/

 

WG V/6 - Terms of Reference:

• To increase awareness of close-range photogrammetry and laser scanning to enable wider and wiser application within the earth sciences
• Educate and inform ″non-geomatic″ users of the existence and benefits of involvement with ISPRS
• Identify and promote differing small format camera calibration requirements and approaches, suitable for scales of enquiry relevant for close-range activities
• Develop, and make freely available, ′best-practice′ guidelines for non-expert users of consumer grade digital cameras (e.g. simplifying ″3x3 rules″) and terrestrial laser scanners
• Identify and rank the key qualities of spatial data necessary for numerical simulation and physical modelling

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ICWG V/I - Land-Based Mobile Mapping Systems
 

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Jonathan Li	Qingquan Li	Antonio Maria Garcia Tommaselli	João Fernando Custódio da Silva
University of Waterloo Department of Geography & Environmental Management 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 CANADA +1-519-888-4567, ext. 34504 +1-519-746-0658	Wuhan University Transportation Research Center 129 Luoyu Road Wuhan, Hubei 430072 CHINA +86-27-6875-6512 +86-27-6875-6661	São Paulo State University Departamento de Cartografia Rua Roberto Simonsen 305, CP 468 19060-900, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo BRAZIL +1-18-3229-5325/5388 +1-18-3223-1534	São Paulo State University Departamento de Cartografia Rua Roberto Simonsen 305, CP 468 19060-900, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo BRAZIL +1-18-3229-5325/5388 +1-18-3223-1534
junli@uwaterloo.ca	qqli@whu.edu.cn	tomaseli@fct.unesp.br	jfcsilva@fct.unesp.br
www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/ geography/faculty/jonathan_li/	www.trc.whu.edu.cn/	www2.prudente.unesp.br/ dcartog/tomaseli.htm>	www2.prudente.unesp.br/ dcartog/jfcsilva.htm

 

ICWG V/1 - Terms of Reference:

• Design, development and evaluation of integrated, multi-sensor, land-based mobile mapping systems
• Design and development of real-time data processing algorithms for land-based mobile mapping systems
• Automation of information extraction from land-based mobile imaging and ranging sensor data
• Development of novel applications in transportation infrastructure mapping and assessment, including pavement and asset mapping, emergency response
• Cooperation with ICA, IAG, FIG, and other ISPRS WGs on 3D mobile mapping; image indexing and retrieval; 3D object reconstruction and city modelling; point cloud processing; sensor integration and multiple sensing solutions; and applications in LBS and disaster management

 

 

 

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