Working Groups of ISPRS Commission I
WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION I
- WG I/1 - Satellite Missions and Constellations for Remote Sensing
- WG I/2 - Mobile Mapping Technology
- WG I/3 - Multispectral, Hyperspectral and Thermal Sensors
- WG I/4 - LiDAR, Laser Altimetry and Sensor Integration
- WG I/5 - Microwave and InSAR Technology for Earth Observation
- WG I/6 - Orientation, Calibration and Validation of Sensors
- WG I/7 - Data Quality and Benchmark of Sensors
- WG I/8 - Multi-sensor Modelling and Cross-modality Fusion
WG I/1 - Satellite Missions and Constellations for Remote Sensing
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg1
Chair
Shinichi Sobue
2-1-1 Sengen
Tsukuba, 305-8505
Japan
Co-Chair
Tao Guo
A1-5 Yiyuan
Xingshikou Rd.
Haidian Dist.
Beijing 100195
China
Co-Chair
Pablo d'Angelo
82234 Weßling
Germany
Secretary
Kei Oyoshi
2-1-1 Sengen
Tsukuba, 305-8505
Japan
WG I/1 Terms of Reference
- System design of satellite payloads, image and sensor modelling and simulation, and space-ground integrated planning for earth observation missions
- Performance promotion of sensor systems and satellite constellations through the development phase to mission operation phase
- Radio signal characteristics analysis on optical, active/passive microwave and LIDAR satellite data
- Usability, availability and lifetime analysis of satellite geometric and radiometric properties
- Deployment of small satellite systems for earth observation and integration use of governmental with non-governmental satellites in algorithms and data
- Collaboration with space agencies (including NASA, JAXA, ESA, DLR, CNSA), and academic societies (such as GEO, CEOS, AGU, EGU, JpGU, IEEE-GRSS) to promote developments and applications of satellite constellations
WG I/2 - Mobile Mapping Technology
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg2
Chair
Andrea Masiero
University of Florence
Via di Santa Marta 3
50139 Firenze
Italy
Co-Chair
Kai-Wei Cheng
No.1 Ta-Hsueh Road
Tainan 701
Taiwan
Co-Chair
Chenglu Wen
422 Siming South Road
Xiamen
China
Secretary
You Li
Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS)
Wuhan University
129 Luoyu Rd
Wuhan
China, 430079
Advisor
Naser El-Sheimy
The University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. N.W. Calgary
Alberta
Canada T2N 1N4
Advisor
Antonio Vettore
University of Padova
Viale dell'Università 16
35020 Legnaro – Padova
Italy
Advisor
Aboelmagd Noureldin
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
EW 222, Boca Raton
FL 33431-0991, Florida
USA
Advisor
Marco Piras
Politecnico di Torino
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129 Torino
Italy
WG I/2 Terms of Reference
- Design, development and evaluation of UAV, industrial sensor and terrestrial mobile sensor systems combined with vision metrology, large-scale 3D metrology, close-range photogrammetry
- Data processing for (near-) real-time indoor and outdoor mapping and industrial photogrammetry
- Mobile perception from mobile imaging and close-ranging sensor data
- Artificial intelligence tools (e.g. deep-learning based) for machine understanding and interpretation of mobile mapping data
- Development and performance evaluation of low-cost mobile mapping solutions
- Development of novel applications in virtual reality, GIS, transportation infrastructure mapping and assessment, including street pavement monitoring, and infrastructure asset monitoring and mapping, emergency response
- Development and test of cooperative navigation and mapping solutions
- Cooperation with ICA, IAG, FIG, and other ISPRS WGs on 3D mobile mapping; 3D object reconstruction and city modelling; sensor integration and multiple sensing solutions; and applications in LBS and disaster management.
WG I/3 - Multispectral, Hyperspectral and Thermal Sensors
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg3
Chair
Daniele Cerra
Muenchner Str. 20
82234 Wessling
Germany
Co-Chair
Mi Wang
Wuhan University
129 Luoyu Road
Wuhan 430079
China
Co-Chair
Jose Marcato Junior
Avenida Costa e Silva - Pioneiros
79070-900
Campo Grande
Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil
Secretary
Martin Bachmann
Muenchner Str. 20
82234 Wessling
Germany
Supporter
Cristian Rossi
Electron Building
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Campus
Didcot
Oxfordshire OX11 0QR
United Kingdom
Supporter
José Alberto Gonçalves
Rua Campo Alegre, 687
4169-007, Porto
Portugal
Supporter
Yingdong Pi
Wuhan University
129 Luoyu Road
Wuhan 430079
China
WG I/3 Terms of Reference
- Imaging spectroscopy methods research based on pushbroom scanners and snapshot camera systems in the VNIR, SWIR and LWIR spectral ranges
- Airborne and satellite based multispectral and hyperspectral data processing, including EnMAP, DESIS, PRISMA, ZY1-02D/E and UAVs
- Thermal remote sensing in the MIR and LWIR ranges, with both broad- and narrow-band sensors: Landsat,Sentinel-3, MODIS / VIIRS, ECOSTRESS, airborne sensors such as AISA Owl
- Spectral unmixing, denoising, dimension reduction and validation of hyperspectral and multispectral data
- Feasibility study for the integration of emerging technologies such as smartphone spectrometers
- Analysis and applications based on multi-temporal and multi-sensor data fusion and multi/hyperspectral data
- Collaborate with academic societies and industries on applications of multispectral, hyperspectral and thermal sensors systems for Mineral Mapping, crops identification, underwater cultural heritage, landscape archaeology etc.
WG I/4 - LiDAR, Laser Altimetry and Sensor Integration
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg4
Chair
Yiping Chen
Sun Yat-sen University
Zhuhai Campus
Tangjiawan
Zhuhai
Guangdong
China
Co-Chair
Leila Hashemi Beni
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 E. Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411
USA
Co-Chair
Ruofei Zhong
Capital Normal University
Beijing
China
Secretary
Luis Miguel González de Santos
University of Vigo
Campus Ourense
32004 Ourense
Spain
Advisor
Michael A. Chapman
Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5B 2K3
Supporter
Haiyan Guan
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
219 Ningliu Road
Nanjing
Jiangsu
China 210044
Supporter
Samsung Lim
University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052
Australia
Supporter
Yuwei Chen
Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI)
NLS, Masala
FI-0245 Espoo
Finland
WG I/4 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.
WG I/5 - Microwave and InSAR Technology for Earth Observation
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg5
Co-Chair
Rafael Rosa
Brazil
Co-Chair
Nusret Demir
Faculty of Science
Dept. of Space Science and Technologies
07058, Antalya
Turkiye
Secretary
Bahaa Mohamadi
508 Huancheng West Road, Yuecheng District, ,
312010 Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province
China
WG I/5 Terms of Reference
- Investigations on recent operational spaceborne SAR constellations including small satellite constellations
- Generation and accuracy assessment of 3D and higher dimensional mapping by SAR techniques (e.g. interferometry, tomography)
- Infrastructure stability assessment and deformation monitoring from space borne SAR
- Evaluation of long wavelength SAR and systems, especially BIOMASS
- Fusion of SAR data and complementary data (e.g. optical imagery)
- Liaison with other groups and societies, mainly IEEEGRSS
WG I/6 - Orientation, Calibration and Validation of Sensors
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg6
Chair
Krzysztof Bakula
Plac Politechniki 1 p. 302
00-661 Warsaw
Poland
Co-Chair
Guo Zhang
Wuhan University
129 Luoyu Road
Wuhan 430079, Hubei
China
Co-Chair
Henry Meißner
Rutherfordstraße 2
12489 Berlin
Germany
Secretary
Wojciech Ostrowski
Plac Politechniki 1 p. 48
00-661 Warsaw
Poland
Advisor
Michael Cramer
University of Stuttgart
Geschwister-Scholl-Str.24D
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Advisor
Jan Skaloud
EPFL-TOPO Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
WG I/6 Terms of Reference
- Theory and models for cooperative navigation, calibration and validation of airborne and ground based sensors
- Spatial absolute, relative and temporal modelling of non-standard 2D、3D remote sensing sensors (low-cost, new-geometry, combined-geometry configurations)
- Stochastic approaches in orientation and calibration for photogrammetric applications
- Orientation and calibration of sensors on UAV/UAS
- Photogrammetric/LiDAR orientation and calibration: measurement techniques and models
- Evaluation of industrial or engineering photogrammetry sensors systems
- Test fields setting, unification and promotion for sensor validation and calibration
WG I/7 - Data Quality and Benchmark of Sensors
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg7
Chair
Yunsheng Wang
Vuorimiehentie 5
02150 Espoo
Finland
Co-Chair
Joanne C. White
Pacific Forestry Centre
506 West Burnside Road
Victoria BC, V8Z 1M5
Canada
Co-Chair
Fabian Faßnacht
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
Malteserstraße 74-100
12249 Berlin
Germany
Secretary
Mariana Campos
Vuorimiehentie 5
02150 Espoo
Finland
WG I/7 Terms of Reference
- Investigation of sensor data quality standards, inspection, and control with respect to different application scenarios
- Development of protocols or guidelines for benchmarking remote sensing sensors systems
- Promotion of analysis ready data (ARD) in line with benchmarking activities for the ISPRS community and general users
- Creation, maintenance and evaluation of application-oriented benchmark datasets(e.g. samples of forest, agriculture, road, building)
- Broadcasting, reporting, disseminating, and summarizing benchmarking activities
WG I/8 - Multi-sensor Modelling and Cross-modality Fusion
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/wg8
Chair
Cheng Wang
Xiamen University
422 Siming Rd.
Xiamen,Fujian, 361005
China
Co-Chair
Andrea Lingua
DIATI
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129, Torino (TO)
Italy
Co-Chair
Jiaojiao Tian
IMF-PAB
Münchener Str. 20
82234 Weßling
Germany
Secretary
Yan Xia
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Arcisstr. 21
80333 Munich
Germany
Advisor
Ayman Habib
Purdue University
550 Stadium Mall Drive
HAMP 4108
West Lafayette, IN 47907
USA
WG I/8 Terms of Reference
- Design, development and enhancement of multi-sensor and embedded systems
- On-board data processing of multi-sensor systems
- Multi-platform sensing and cross-modality data integration
- Ubiquitous sensing solutions with non-conventional low-cost sensors (including stereo-RGB and RGB-D cameras, IMU, and laser scanners)
- Advancements in smartphone and IoT technologies with the use of the small multi-sensor platforms
- 2D/3D sensor integration and fusion for positioning, navigation and feature/metrics extraction
- Cooperation with other WGs/ICWGs and sister societies, including ICA Commission on Sensor-driven Mapping, EuroSDR Commission 1 on Data Acquisition, CEOS, IEEE-GRSS for joint events, publications and reference data archives
ICWG I/IV - Robotics for Mapping and Machine Intelligence
Home Page: http://www.commission1.isprs.org/icwg-1-4
Chair
Ville V. Lehtola
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
Co-Chair
Dorota Iwaszczuk
Remote Sensing & Image Analysis
Franziska-Braun-Str.7
64287 Darmstadt
Germany
Co-Chair
Yuan Zhuang
Wuhan University
No. 129, Luoyu Road
Wuhan, Hubei 430079
China
Secretary
Vincenzo di Pietra
DIATI
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
10129, Torino (TO)
Italy
Supporter
Heikki Hyyti
Vuorimiehentie 5
02150 Espoo
Finland
Supporter
Phillipp Fanta-Jende
Giefinggasse 4
1210 Vienna
Austria
ICWG I/IV Terms of Reference
- Investigation of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) techniques for robotics, including semantic and metric SLAM
- Exploration and evaluation of localization and mapping sensors as well as mapping platforms for indoor and outdoor robotics
- Addressing challenges in employing robotics for mapping and challenges in map representations for robotics and autonomous vehicle navigation, also in real-time applications
- Exploit synergies between the indoor mobile mapping and building information modeling (BIM)
- Addressing the derivation and updating of sustainable urban and building models using robot mapping platforms
- Develop and implement robotic mapping benchmarks
- Establish and strengthen contacts with the robotics community