OBJECT-ORIENTED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LAND-USE MAPPING USING LIDAR AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, Texas A&M University Featured Paper by Xuelian Meng, Nate Currit, Le Wang, Xiaojun Yang Human activities have transformed at least one-third of the Earth’s surface in …

COVARIANCE PROPAGATION FROM SPECIFIC TO GENERIC MODEL, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (IAI, contractor) Featured Paper by Henry Theiss Geopositioning from optical sensors onboard airborne platforms, e.g. UAVs, requires a sensor model and subsequently a means to …

EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL FOR CHARACTERIZING RIVER DEPTH FROM SWOT MEASUREMENTS: A CASE STUDY FOR THE OHIO RIVER, The Ohio State University Featured Paper by Yeosang Yoon, Michael Durand and Carolyn J. Merry This paper presents the methods for estimating river depths to evaluate the …

LIDAR SYSTEM CALIBRATION: IMPACT ON PLANE SEGMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAMMETRIC DATA REGISTRATION, University of Calgary, Featured Paper by Sooyoung Kim The availability of 3D surface data is crucial for several industrial, public, and military applications. Light …

Integration of High-Resolution Imaging and Terrestrial Laser Scanner, Surveying Engineering, Integrated Geospatial Technology Author: Yushin Ahn Point cloud data from laser scanner has a complementary property to imagery data such as surface information vs. texture information. Advance …

LINE MATCHING IN OBLIQUE AIRBORNE IMAGES TO SUPPORT AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION OF BUILDING OUTLINES, University of Twente Featured Paper by Adam Patrick Nyaruhuma, Markus Gerke and George Vosselman Airborne oblique images are increasingly acquired because of the availability of low …