ISPRS WG I/4

LiDAR, Laser Altimetry and Sensor Integration

Mission/Scope

ISPRS Working Group I/4 aims is to promote the developments and investigations on the state-of-the-art terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne sensing and mapping systems, mainly using LiDAR, laser altimeters and LiDAR-based multi-sensor integration systems. The focus will be placed on data quality and performance validation of LiDAR and laser altimetry systems for digital surface modelling and 3D scene reconstruction.

To this purpose, the WG I/4 will organize technical events, provide open access datasets, and organize international comparative tests for evaluating the performance of algorithms and designs for various terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne LiDAR and laser altimeter data processing towards emerging applications. In addition, the WG I/4 will continue to work closely with other Working Groups within TCs I, II, and III, as well as sister organizations such as ICA, FIG, and IEEE-TGRS.

Working Group Officers
Chair
	Jonathan Li   Department of Geography and Environmental Management University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1 +1-519-888-4567, ext. 34504 junli@uwaterloo.ca home page
Co-Chair
	Leila Hashemi Beni   Department of Built Environment North Carolina A&T State University 1601 E. Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 USA +1-336-285-3133 lhashemibeni@ncat.edu home page
Co-Chair
	Yiping Chen   School of Geospatial Engineering and Science Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Campus Tangjiawan Zhuhai Guangdong CHINA +86-756-366-8354 chenyp79@mail.sysu.edu.cn home page
Secretary
	Luis Miguel González de Santos   School of Aerospace Engineering University of Vigo Campus Ourense 32004 Ourense SPAIN +34 988 387 272 luismgonzalez@uvigo.es home page
Supporters
Advisor
	Michael A. Chapman   Department of Civil Engineering Toronto Metropolitan University 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5B 2K3 +1-416-979-5000, ext. 6461 mchapman@ryerson.ca home page
Supporter
	Haiyan Guan   School of Remote Sensing and Geomatics Engineering Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology 219 Ningliu Road Nanjing Jiangsu CHINA 210044 +86-25-5869-5739 guanhy.nj@nuist.edu.cn home page
Supporter
	Samsung Lim   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA +61-2-9385-4505 s.lim@unsw.edu.au home page
Supporter
	Yuwei Chen   Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) NLS, Masala FI-0245 Espoo FINLAND yuwei.chen@nls.fi home page

Terms of Reference

• Promote the developments and investigations on the state-of-the-art terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne mapping systems, mainly using LiDAR and laser altimetry sensors
• Investigate new generation of LiDAR sensors(e.g. low-energy, high-pulse,3D ) and its integrated systems for various sensing and mapping applications
• Development of  novel multispectral and hyperspectral LiDAR and multi-platform systems (e.g., drone, robot dog, wearable systems) and its outdoor and indoor applications
• Investigate technologies on integration and fusion of multi-sensor system data (e.g., LiDAR and photogrammetric point clouds)
• Performance analysis on algorithms and data of various terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne LiDAR and laser altimeter
• Liaison with other WGs and ICA, FIG, and IEEE­GRSS for offshore survey, terrain mapping, tree/architecture height measurement, carbon sink, etc.