QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA

Backpack laser scanning systems have emerged recently enabling fast data collection and flexibility to make measurements also in areas that cannot be reached with, for example, vehicle-based laser scanners. Backpack laser scanning systems have been developed both for indoor and outdoor use. We have...

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Main Authors: P. Rönnholm, X. Liang, A. Kukko, A. Jaakkola, J. Hyyppä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-06-01
Series:ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:http://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/III-1/41/2016/isprs-annals-III-1-41-2016.pdf
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author P. Rönnholm
X. Liang
A. Kukko
A. Jaakkola
J. Hyyppä
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X. Liang
A. Kukko
A. Jaakkola
J. Hyyppä
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description Backpack laser scanning systems have emerged recently enabling fast data collection and flexibility to make measurements also in areas that cannot be reached with, for example, vehicle-based laser scanners. Backpack laser scanning systems have been developed both for indoor and outdoor use. We have developed a quality analysis process in which the quality of backpack laser scanning data is evaluated in the forest environment. The reference data was collected with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) laser scanning system. The workflow included noise filtering, division of data into smaller patches, ground point extraction, ground data decimation, and ICP registration. As a result, we managed to observe the misalignments of backpack laser scanning data for 97 patches each including data from circa 10 seconds period of time. This evaluation revealed initial average misalignments of 0.227 m, 0.073 and -0.083 in the easting, northing and elevation directions, respectively. Furthermore, backpack data was corrected according to the ICP registration results. Our correction algorithm utilized the time-based linear transformation of backpack laser scanning point clouds. After the correction of data, the ICP registration was run again. This revealed remaining misalignments between the corrected backpack laser scanning data and the original UAV data. We found average misalignments of 0.084, 0.020 and -0.005 meters in the easting, northing and elevation directions, respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-bb6cc76adfd348938513a8a0e69ad5f12022-12-21T18:50:40ZengCopernicus PublicationsISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences2194-90422194-90502016-06-01III-1414710.5194/isprs-annals-III-1-41-2016QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATAP. Rönnholm0X. Liang1A. Kukko2A. Jaakkola3J. Hyyppä4Aalto University, Department of Built Environment, P.O. Box 15800, 00076 Aalto, FinlandFinnish Geospatial Research Institute, FGI, National Land Survey of Finland, Helsinki, FinlandAalto University, Department of Built Environment, P.O. Box 15800, 00076 Aalto, FinlandFinnish Geospatial Research Institute, FGI, National Land Survey of Finland, Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Geospatial Research Institute, FGI, National Land Survey of Finland, Helsinki, FinlandBackpack laser scanning systems have emerged recently enabling fast data collection and flexibility to make measurements also in areas that cannot be reached with, for example, vehicle-based laser scanners. Backpack laser scanning systems have been developed both for indoor and outdoor use. We have developed a quality analysis process in which the quality of backpack laser scanning data is evaluated in the forest environment. The reference data was collected with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) laser scanning system. The workflow included noise filtering, division of data into smaller patches, ground point extraction, ground data decimation, and ICP registration. As a result, we managed to observe the misalignments of backpack laser scanning data for 97 patches each including data from circa 10 seconds period of time. This evaluation revealed initial average misalignments of 0.227 m, 0.073 and -0.083 in the easting, northing and elevation directions, respectively. Furthermore, backpack data was corrected according to the ICP registration results. Our correction algorithm utilized the time-based linear transformation of backpack laser scanning point clouds. After the correction of data, the ICP registration was run again. This revealed remaining misalignments between the corrected backpack laser scanning data and the original UAV data. We found average misalignments of 0.084, 0.020 and -0.005 meters in the easting, northing and elevation directions, respectively.http://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/III-1/41/2016/isprs-annals-III-1-41-2016.pdf
spellingShingle P. Rönnholm
X. Liang
A. Kukko
A. Jaakkola
J. Hyyppä
QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
title QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
title_full QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
title_fullStr QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
title_full_unstemmed QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
title_short QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF MOBILE BACKPACK LASER SCANNING DATA
title_sort quality analysis and correction of mobile backpack laser scanning data
url http://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/III-1/41/2016/isprs-annals-III-1-41-2016.pdf
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