Working Groups of ISPRS Commission II
WORKING GROUPS of ISPRS COMMISSION II
- WG II/1 - Image Orientation
- WG II/2 - Point Cloud Generation
- WG II/3 - Point Cloud Processing
- WG II/4 - 3D Scene Reconstruction and Analysis
- WG II/5 - Dynamic Scene Analysis
- WG II/6 - Large-scale Machine Learning for Geospatial Data Analysis
- WG II/7 - Vision Metrology
- WG II/8 - Data Acquisition and Processing in Cultural Heritage
- WG II/9 - Underwater Data Acquisition and Processing
- WG II/10 - 3D Mapping for Environmental & Infrastructure Monitoring
WG II/1 - Image Orientation
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg1
Chair
Cyrill Stachniss
University of Bonn
Bonn
Germany
Co-Chair
Andrea Fusiello
Università degli Studi di Udine
Udine
Italy
Co-Chair
Ronny Hänsch
German Aerospace Center
Wessling
Germany
Secretary
Mozhdeh Shahbazi
University of Calgary and Centre de géomatique du Québec
Calgary and Saguenay
Canada
Industrial Representative
Michael Gruber
Graz
Austria
Key Member
Yongjun Zhang
Wuhan University
China
WG II/1 Terms of Reference
- Orientation of non-conventional image sources, i.e. oblique images, cameras with rolling shutter, crowd-sourced images
- Feature extraction and stereo/multi-view sparse matching
- Image alignment and applications such as mosaicking, denoising, deblurring, super resolution, etc.
- Direct and indirect geo-referencing
- Intrinsic/extrinsic camera calibration including methods based on single images, online approaches, or handling ambiguous and degenerate configurations
- Structure from Motion and SLAM
- Geometric/algebraic computer vision, multi-image geometry, and modern approaches to Bundle Adjustment, e.g. large-scale or structureless BA
- Evaluation of performance, reliability, robustness and generality of methods
WG II/2 - Point Cloud Generation
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg2
Chair
Norbert Haala
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Germany
Co-Chair
Mathias Rothermel
Kornbergstraße 36
70176 Stuttgart
Germany
Co-Chair
Pablo d'Angelo
Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Oberpfaffenhofen
Germany
Industrial Representative
Chritoph.Strecha
Lausanne
Switzerland
WG II/2 Terms of Reference
- Stereo and Multi-View-Stereo approaches for terrestrial / UAV / aerial / spaceborne imagery
- Methods for mesh generation
- Filtering, fusion and integration of point clouds from different data sources or sensors for surface reconstruction
- Quality and performance evaluation of point cloud generation with respect to computational complexity, precision, robustness and scalability of methods
WG II/3 - Point Cloud Processing
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg3
Chair
Jan Boehm
University College London
United Kingdom
Co-Chair
Bisheng Yang
Wuhan University
China
Co-Chair
Mathieu Brédif
Institut Géographique National (IGN)
Saint-Mandé CEDEX
France
Secretary
Martin Kada
TU Berlin
Germany
WG II/3 Terms of Reference
- Development of new methodologies, algorithms and applications for point cloud processing
- Information extraction from point clouds, including low-level feature extraction, segmentation and classification
- Point cloud registration and fusion
- Cloud Computing and high-performance computing for massive point cloud processing
- Geospatial Big Data processing for point clouds
- Point cloud rendering and streaming for massive point clouds
- Point cloud processing for building information modelling (BIM)
- Ubiquitous point cloud sensing
WG II/4 - 3D Scene Reconstruction and Analysis
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg4
Chair
Franz Rottensteiner
Leibniz Universität Hannover
30167 Hannover
Germany
Co-Chair
Bruno Vallet
Institut Géographique National (IGN)
Saint-Mandé CEDEX
France
Co-Chair
Markus Gerke
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Pockelsstraße 3
DE-38106 Braunschweig
Germany
Secretary
Martin Weinmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Englerstraße 7
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
WG II/4 Terms of Reference
- Models and techniques for extracting features, geometrical primitives and objects from data acquired by airborne and/or terrestrial sensors, including object recognition and 3D object reconstruction, and possibly integrating information about multiple object classes and their relations within complex scenes.
- Classification and semantic segmentation of point clouds and surface meshes with or without radiometric information.
- Generation and update of high-resolution 3D city models and road databases, including mesh based, polyhedral, parametric and multiscale representations possibly with level-of-detail (LOD) and (semantic) attributes, and texturing of the resultant 3D models.
- Object detection, recognition and 3D reconstruction in the context of robotics or autonomous driving.
- Multimodal data fusion: performing any of the tasks mentioned above by exploiting the complementarity of using different viewpoints (space-borne, nadir/oblique aerial, UAV, fixed/mobile terrestrial), different sensor types (monoscopic/stereoscopic images, LiDAR, (In)SAR), and existing data (traditional cartographic products, CAD models, urban GIS).
- Assessment of efficiency and quality and of their dependence on the quality of the input data, including uncertainty analysis and uncertainty propagation, for any of the tasks mentioned above.
WG II/5 - Dynamic Scene Analysis
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg5
Chair
Alper Yilmaz
The Ohio State University
Columbus
USA
Co-Chair
Michael Ying Yang
University of Twente
Enschede
Netherlands
Co-Chair
Yury Vizilter
"State Research Institute of Aviation Systems"
Moscow Viktorenko 7
Russia
Secretary
Siavash Hosseinyalamdary
University of Twente
Enschede
Netherlands
Industrial Representative
Kent Kahle
Trimble Navigation Inc.
USA
WG II/5 Terms of Reference
- Videogrammetry
- Dynamic scene understanding from image sequences.
- Models and methods to determine ego-motion for photogrammetric and computer vision applications including but not limited to navigation, geo-referencing and object reconstruction.
- Detection, reconstruction, classification and tracking of single and multiple objects in image sequences
- Event reconstruction and scene analysis from single and multiple image streams.
- Offline and real-time 3D processing of image sequences (MOCAP system, mobile mapping, etc.)
- Quality assessment techniques for calibration, orientation and object detection from image sequences
- Benchmarking of object detection and semantic segmentation from image sequences
- Change detection in image time-series and/or 3D point clouds
WG II/6 - Large-scale Machine Learning for Geospatial Data Analysis
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg6
Chair
Jan Dirk Wegner
Zurich
Switzerland
Co-Chair
Ribana Roscher
University of Bonn
Bonn
Germany
Co-Chair
Michele Volpi
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Secretary
Clément Mallet
IGN-ENSG
Saint-Mandé
France
Industrial Representative
Wolfgang Steinborn
Rudolf-Hahn-Str. 152
53227 Bonn
Germany
Industrial Representative
Michaela Neumann
Arnulfstrasse 199
80634 Munich
Germany
WG II/6 Terms of Reference
- Large-scale image classification,
- Machine learning, deep learning,
- Pixel-wise semantic segmentation at large-scale,
- Supervised, weakly supervised, transfer, and human-in-the-loop learning
- Multi-view, multi-temporal, multi-modal image interpretation
- Change detection and environmental / urban monitoring
WG II/7 - Vision Metrology
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg7
Chair
Stephen Kyle
University College London
London
UK
Co-Chair
Stuart Robson
University College London
London
UK
Co-Chair
Thomas Luhmann
Jade University of Applied Sciences
Oldenburg
Germany
Secretary
Erica Nocerino
I&M Team, Images & Models
Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS
POLYTECH, Luminy, Bat. A
case 925, 163 avenue de Luminy
13288 Marseille cedex 9
France
WG II/7 Terms of Reference
- Performance evaluation of active and passive systems
- Definition of accuracy and best practice
- Contribution to international standards
- System developments and industrial applications
- Very close range and large volume measurement applications
- Camera-controlled robot and machine guidance
- Measurement of dynamic processes
- Structural deformation analysis
- Medical systems and applications
- Greater involvement of industrial partners in ISPRS activities
WG II/8 - Data Acquisition and Processing in Cultural Heritage
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg8
Chair
Fulvio Rinaudo
Politecnico di Torino
Viale A. Mattioli, 39
Torino
Italy
Co-Chair
Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera
Higher Polytechnic School of Avila
University of Salamanca
Avila
Spain
Co-Chair
Geert Verhoeven
Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft GmbH
Franz-Klein-Gasse 1/III
Wien
Austria
Secretary
Francesco Fassi
ABC Department
Politecnico di Milano
Milano
Italy
WG II/8 Terms of Reference
- Development and promotion of data acquisition strategies, data processing techniques and data management solutions (such as the spatial information systems GIS and BIM) applicable to all subjects that can be categorized as cultural heritage.
- Integration of data and measurement techniques supporting metric and remote sensing surveys, and monitoring actions for the valorization, conservation, restoration and archiving of archeological, architectural, urban and natural landscape heritage.
- Development and dissemination of best practice protocols to aid appropriate application across related cultural heritage fields.
- Development and promotion of low-cost, rapid, innovative, automated, commercial and open-source approaches for metric and remote sensing survey of heritage assets.
- Development of both virtual and augmented reality as well as online applications and advanced visualization systems to promote the dissemination and the correct use of 3D metric surveys.
- Close co-operation with related disciplines, national / international groups (e.g. CIPA, EAA, ICOMOS etc.) and other ISPRS working groups
WG II/9 - Underwater Data Acquisition and Processing
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg9
Chair
Fabio Menna
FBK - Bruno Kessler Foundation
via Sommarive 18
38123 Povo-Trento
Italy
Co-Chair
Mark Shortis
RMIT University
Melbourne
Australia
Co-Chair
Dimitrios Skarlatos
Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol
Cyprus
Secretary
Panagiotis Agrafiotis
School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Athens
Greece
Key Support Personnel
Higinio González Jorge
University of Vigo
Vigo
Spain
Key Support Personnel
Patrick Westfeld
Section Marine Geodesy, Automation, Bathymetry
Rostock
Germany
Industrial Representative
Rustom Jehangir
4030 Spencer St.
Torrance, CA 90503
USA
WG II/9 Terms of Reference
- Definition of best practice for geometric calibration, color correction and validation of systems for underwater 3D measurements
- Geometric and stochastic modeling of multimedia geometry for underwater image and range measurements
- Lidar bathymetry for seafloor and water surface measurement
- Algorithms and methods for underwater localization and navigation used in ROVs, AUVs and augmented and virtual reality applications
- Combined above water, through water and underwater techniques for 3D modeling of artefacts and mapping of coastal areas
- Integration and performance evaluation of platforms such as ROVs, AUVs, towed bodies and diver controlled systems
- Underwater applications and techniques in archaeology, 3D/2D mapping, modeling and visualization, biomass estimation, habitat monitoring, metrology, inspections and volumetric reconstruction for flow tracking
WG II/10 - 3D Mapping for Environmental & Infrastructure Monitoring
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/wg10
Chair
Roderik Lindenbergh
Department of Geoscience & Remote Sensing
Delft
The Netherlands
Co-Chair
Martin Rutzinger
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52f
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Co-Chair
Vladimir Knyaz
State research Institute of Aviation Systems
Moscow
Russia
Secretary
Belén Riveiro
Dept. Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction
University of Vigo
Vigo
Spain
Key Support Personnel
Daniel Wujanz
Geoinformation Science
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Industrial Representative
Christoph Held
Simoniusstrasse 22
88239 Wangen im Allgäu
Germany
WG II/10 Terms of Reference
- Improve methodology for 3D mapping and monitoring of geohazards, geomorphology and vegetation
- Study and promote the use of 3D photogrammetric techniques for inspection and life cycle monitoring of infrastructures like bridges, buildings, dikes, and to improve on the integration with structural component analysis
- Analyse, share and promote best 3D approaches and results in biomedical applications in collaboration with the biomedical society
- Study techniques for near-continuous spatio-temporal 3D monitoring of environmental, infrastructural and biomedical processes.
- Evaluation and integration of new 3D and 2D imaging sensors for the purpose of 3D mapping for environmental and infrastructure monitoring
ICWG II/III - Pattern Analysis in Remote Sensing
Home Page: http://www.commission2.isprs.org/icwg-2-3
Chair
Uwe Stilla
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Muenchen
Germany
Co-Chair
Jie Shan
School of Civil Engineering
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN
USA
Co-Chair
Devis Tuia
Department of Environmental Sciences
Wageningen University
The Netherlands
Secretary
Ludwig Hoegner
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
Muenchen
Germany
ICWG II/III Terms of Reference
- Automatic identification and learning of 2D and 3D patterns in uni-modal and multi-modal remote sensing data, e.g. multi-scale aerial and satellite data; multi- and hyperspectral data; SAR-, radargrammetric and SAR-tomography data
- Automatic identification and learning of temporal patterns in remote sensing data, e.g. image-based flow estimation and learning from InSAR data (traffic, glaciers, currents, etc.); analysis-by-synthesis approaches for motion and deformation modeling with passive and active sensors
- Integration of radiometry and radiometric models into pattern recognition; radiometrically enhanced object models for range-intensity images and sequences; integration of SAR-simulation into SAR-image and analysis
- Recognition of 2D and 3D patterns in remote sensing data exploiting 3d and 4d models (GIS / CAD / BIM )