Change detection from traditional 2D optical images has limited capability to model the changes in the height or shape of objects. Change detection using 3D point cloud from photogrammetry or LiDAR surveying can fill this gap by providing critical depth information. While most existing machine learning based 3D point cloud change detection methods are supervised, they severely depend on the ava…
The application of deep learning methods to remote sensing data has produced good results in recent studies. A promising application area is automatic land cover classification (semantic segmentation) from very high-resolution satellite imagery. However, the deep learning methods require large, labelled training datasets that are suitable for the study area. Map data can be used as training dat…
Precise single tree delineation allows for a more reliable determination of essential parameters such as tree species, height and vitality. Methods of instance segmentation are powerful neural networks for detecting and segmenting single objects and have the potential to push the accuracy of tree segmentation methods to a new level. In this study, two instance segmentation methods, Mask R–CNN…
Light detection and ranging (lidar) scanning systems can be used to provide a point cloud with high quality and point density. Gridded digital elevation models (DEMs) interpolated from laser scanning point clouds are widely used due to their convenience, however, DEM uncertainty is rarely provided. This paper proposes an end-to-end workflow to quantify the uncertainty (i.e., standard deviation)…
Emerging mobile LiDAR mapping systems exhibit great potential as an alternative for mapping urban environments. Such systems can acquire high-quality, dense point clouds that capture detailed information over an area of interest through efficient field surveys. However, automatically recognizing and semantically segmenting different components from the point clouds with efficiency and high accu…
During the last two decades, UAV emerged as standard platform for photogrammetric data collection. Main motivation in that early phase was the cost effective airborne image collection at areas of limited size. This was already feasible by rather simple payloads like an off-the-shelf, compact camera and a navigation-grade GNSS sensor. Meanwhile, dedicated sensor systems enable applications that …