ISPRS - Technical Commission III 2004-2008
 

Photogrammetric Computer Vision and Image Analysis

President

Wolfgang Förstner, PresidentWolfgang Förstner
 
Institute of Photogrammetry
Bonn University
Nussallee 15, 53115 Bonn
GERMANY
+49 228 732 2713
+49 228 732 2712

 

Vice-President

Helmut Mayer, Vice-PresidentHelmut Mayer
 
Institute for Photogrammetry and Cartography
Bundeswehr University Munich
D-85577 Neubiberg
GERMANY
+49-89-6004-3429, 3455
+49-89-6004-4090

 

Secretary

Karl-Heiko Ellenbeck, SecretaryKarl-Heiko Ellenbeck
 
Institute of Photogrammetry
Bonn University
Nussallee 15, 53115 Bonn
GERMANY
+49 228 732 2716
+49 228 732 2712

 

Terms of Reference

The goal of the work in Commission III is to design, develop and evaluate mathematical models and methods for automatic

  • orientation and calibration of images,
  • surface reconstruction,
  • fusion of multi-model data,
  • processing and interpretation of laser range data,
  • interpretation of images and
  • image sequence analysis

with emphasis on

  • integration of geometry, statistics and semantics,
  • modeling of spatial objects and temporal events,
  • modeling context,
  • scale behaviour of appearance models,
  • use of graphical models, especially Markov random fields and Bayesian networks.

 

INTERCOMMISSION WGs of ISPRS COMMISSION III

 

ICWG III/V - Image Sequence

Chair
Marc Pollefeys

Department of Computer Science
University of North Carolina
Campus Box 3175, 205 Sitterson Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3175
USA
+1 919 962 1845
+1 919 962 1799

Co-Chair
David Nister

Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments
University of Kentucky
1 Quality Street, Suite 800
Lexington, KY 40507-1464
Germany
+1 859 257 3101
+1-859-257-1505

Secretary
Stephan Heuel

Inst. for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC
Hengelosestraat 99, P.O. Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
The Netherlands
+31 (0)53 4874218
+31 (0)53 4874335
ICWG III/V  Terms of Reference
  • To research in the following topics: tracking single and multiple objects, ego-motion determination for navigation, object and event reconstruction from single and multiple video streams, camera and camera network calibration from video sequences including cameras with non-standard geometry, object identification from video sequences.

 

WG III/1 - Automatic Calibration and Orientation of Optical Sensors

Chair
Camillo Ressl

Institute of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Vienna University of Technology
Gusshausstrasse 27-29/E122
A-1040 Wien
Austria
+43 1 58801-12234
+43 1 58801-12299

Co-Chair
Peter Sturm

INRIA Rhone-Alpes
655 avenue de l'Europe
38330 Montbonnot St. Martin
France
+33 4 76 61 52 32
+33 4 76 61 54 54

Co-Chair
Ilkka Niini

Oy Mapvision Ltd
Tietajantie 10
02130 Espoo
Finland
+358-9-5404 8435
+358-9-529100

Secretary
Johannes Otepka

Institute of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Vienna University of Technology
Gusshausstrasse 27-29/E122
A-1040 Wien
Austria
+43 1 58801-12213
+43 1 58801-12299
WG III/1  Terms of Reference
  • Promote within ISPRS more or less fully automatic methods for calibration and orientation without requiring markers. Current state-of-the-art methods are to be tested with respect to general applicability and robustness. Thereby, a further refinement and robustification of these methods is to be fostered
  • WG III/1 will therefore provide various test data sets for image calibration/orientation tasks and invite researchers to evaluate their algorithms against known ground truth data with respect to general applicability and robustness.

 

WG III/2 - Surface Reconstruction

Chair
Olaf Hellwich

Technical University of Berlin
Computer Vision & Remote Sensing
Franklinstr. 28/29
D-10587 Berlin
Germany
+49 30 314-22796
+49 30 314-21104

Co-Chair
Daniel Scharstein

Department of Computer Science
Middlebury College
633 Bicentennial Hall
Middlebury, VT 05753
USA
+1 802 443 2438

Secretary
Volker Rodehorst

Technical University of Berlin
Computer Vision & Remote Sensing
Franklinstr. 28/29
D-10587 Berlin
Germany
+49 30 314-23 163
+49 30 314-21 104
WG III/2  Terms of Reference
  • Promote more or less fully automatic methods for surface reconstruction. Current state-of-the-art methods with respect to general applicability, reliability and performance are to be tested.
  • WG III/2 will therefore provide various synthetic and real test data sets for surface reconstruction tasks and invite researchers to evaluate their algorithms against known ground truth data.

 

WG III/3 - Processing of Point Clouds from Laser Scanners and Other Sensors

Chair
George Vosselman

ITC
Department of Earth Observation Science
Hengelosestraat 99, P.O. Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
The Netherlands
+31 53 487 4344
+31 53 487 4335

Co-Chair
Claus Brenner

University of Hannover
Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics
Appelstrasse 9a
D-30167 Hannover
Germany
+49 511 762 5076
+49 511 762 2780

Co-Chair
Juha Hyyppä

Finnish Geodetic Institute
Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
Geodeetinrinne 2, P.O. Box 15
02431 Masala
Finland
+358 9 2955 5305
+358 9 2955 5200
WG III/3  Terms of Reference
  • Analyse point clouds from laser range finders, but also from multiple view image matching as basis for surface and object reconstruction as well as interpretation. Special problems to be addressed are segmentation and filtering, generation of digital surface models and digital elevation models, earth surface characterization, and automated as well as semi-automated extraction of objects from multiple sources (close range and aerial scans, RGB, NIR and others). There is a close cooperation with the WG V/3 on 'Surface and object reconstruction from terrestrial laser scanners'.

 

WG III/4 - Automatic Image Interpretation for City-modelling

Chair
Franz Rottensteiner

Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information
The University of Melbourne
723 Swanston Street
VIC 3010
Australia
+61-3-83449182
+61-3-93495185

Co-Chair
Theo Moons

Katholieke Universiteit Brussel
Center for Mathematical Modeling in CV
K.U.Brussel -- Faculteit ETEW Stormstraat 2
B-1000 Brussel
Belgium
+32 2 609 18 82
+32 2 412 4200

Co-Chair
Norbert Haala

Institute for Photogrammetry
Stuttgart University
Geschwister-Scholl-Str.24
D-70174 Stuttgart
Germany
+49 711 121 3383
+49 711 121 3297

Secretary
Brian Donnelly

School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
The University of New South Wales
UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052
Australia
+61 2 9385 4202
+61 2 9313 7493
WG III/4  Terms of Reference
  • Develop and analyse various methods for automatically and efficiently generating high resolution 3D-city models, integrating all types of topographic features, especially buildings and vegetation. Problems addressed are the interpretation of the aerial, space borne and terrestrial image, laser, and (In)SAR data possibly together with information from traditional cartographic products, CAD models, and urban GIS, automatic as well as semi-automatic generation of urban models with level-of-detail (LOD) and inferred attribution including analysis of the trade-off between geometry and radiometry / texture for visualization and the assessment of efficiency and quality of techniques for extraction of buildings and vegetation and their dependence on the quality of the input data.

 

WG III/5 - Models and Algorithms for Road Extraction and Traffic Monitoring

Chair
Uwe Stilla

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Technical University of Munich
Arcisstr. 21
D-80333 Munich
Germany
+49 89 289-22671
+49 89 2809573

Co-Chair
Chunsun Zhang

Department of Geomatics
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia
+61 3 8344 9182
+61 3 9347 2916

Secretary
Stefan Hinz

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technology
Technical University of Munich
Arcisstr. 21
D-80333 Munich
Germany
+49 89 289-23880
+49 89 2809573
WG III/5  Terms of Reference
  • Develop, implement, and test models and strategies for automated 2 1/2 D and 3 D road extraction from optical, radar, and laser data. Particular areas of interest are the modelling of to model road crossings for data interpretation, the extraction of road attributes, to develop and test algorithms for detection and velocity estimation of methods for micro- and macro-scale traffic monitoring.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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