ISPRS WG III/5

Information Extraction from LiDAR Intensity Data

Working Group Officers
Chair
	Marco Scaioni   Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering Politecnico Milano Via Ponzio 31 20133 Milano ITALY +39 02 2399 6515 marco.scaioni@polimi.it
Co-Chair
	Guoqing ZHOU   Guilin University of Technology 12 Jiangan Road Guilin, Guanxi 541004 CHINA + 86 773 5896073 + 86 773 589 2786 glitezhou@yahoo.com gzhou@glut.edu.cn
Co-Chair
	Ana Paula Baungarten Kersting   Teledyne Optech 300 Interchange Way Vaughan ON L4K 5Z9 CANADA + 1 905 660 0808 ana.kersting@teledyneoptech.com home page
Secretary
	Luigi Barazzetti   Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering Politecnico Milano Polo Territoriale di Lecco 23900 Lecco ITALY +39 02 2399 8779 luigi.barazzetti@polimi.it
Supporters
Key Support Personnel
	Mattia Previtali   Dept. of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering Politecnico Milano Polo Territoriale di Lecco 23900 Lecco ITALY +39 02 2399 8767 mattia.previtali@polimi.it

Terms of Reference

• Development and research of non-topographic LiDAR data applications for surface condition assessment
• Geophysical parameters retrieval from LiDAR intensity data
• Development and evaluation of new methods and algorithms of laser intensity-based classification and segmentation
• Integration and performance evaluation of LiDAR data intensity and other data types for synergy of new information
• Data processing and application of multi-wavelength and full-waveform LiDAR
• Development and dissemination of new methodic and technology of exploiting intensity data from terrestrial laser scanning sensors for surface condition assessment
• Processing of intensity data from bathymetric LiDAR for quality assessment of underwater conditions
• Promoting applications based on LiDAR intensity data, also integrated with other data sources, to cope with societal challenges