Use of laser range and height texture cues for building identification

Airborne LiDAR has found application in an increasing number of mapping and Geo-data acquisition tasks. Apart from terrain information generation, applications such as automatic detection and modeling of objects like buildings or vegetation for the generation of 3-D city models have been explored. Besides the height itself, height texture defined by local variations of the height is a significant parameter for object recognition. The paper explores the potential of the analysis of height texture as a cue for the automatic detection of objects in LiDAR datasets. A number of texture measures were computed. Based on their definition and computation these measures were used as bands in a classification algorithm, and objects like buildings, single trees, and roads could be recognized.     

LiDAR与影像集成的真实感建筑物三维重建研究进展

真实感建筑物三维重建是摄影测量、计算机视觉界研究的热点和难点,一般来说包括三维几何模型重建与表面纹理恢复两个方面。本文立足于LiDAR与影像集成的三维重建技术,以三维重建过程为线索,从三维几何模型重建、表面纹理恢复两个方面,梳理归纳不同的LiDAR与影像集成方案,聚焦于数据处理的方法、算法、策略,对最新的研究成果进行总结与分析。     

高分辨率遥感影像融合研究

遥感影像融合不仅可以提高原多光谱影像的空间分辨率,更重要的是最大量地保留影像的光谱信息。为了研究适合于QuickBird遥感影像融合的融合方法,本研究应用乘法复合算法(MLT)、改进的Brovey(MB)、高通滤波(HPF)以及基于平滑滤波的亮度调节算法(SFIM)四种融合方法对QuickBird影像进行了融合试验和分析。试验区以覆盖不同土地利用类型的一小景QuickBird影像为基础。采用了均值偏差、标准差、信息熵、平均梯度和相关系数五种数字统计方法来定量地评价由以上算法产生的融合影像。分析结果表明:SFIM算法在光谱保真性、高频信息融入度、影像清晰度方面都优于其他三种方法。因此,在研究的四种方法中,SFIM算法最适合Quick-Bird影像融合。     

自动空中三角测量软件ISAT在生产实践中的应用

着重介绍了自动空中三角测量的软件ISAT在LOUIS测区空三中的应用以及个别问题的处理方法,并初步总结了ISAT的特点.     

A study on the reference frame consistency in recent Earth gravitational models

All gravity field functionals obtained from an Earth gravitational model (EGM) depend on the underlying terrestrial reference frame (TRF), with respect to which the EGM’s spherical harmonic coefficients refer to. In order to maintain a coherent framework for the comparison of current and future EGMs, it is thus important to investigate the consistency of their inherent TRFs, especially when their use is intended for high precision studies. Following the methodology described in an earlier paper by Kleusberg (1980), the similarity transformation parameters between the associated reference frames for several EGMs (including the most recent CHAMP/GRACE models at the time of writing this paper) are estimated in the present study. Specifically, the differences between the spherical harmonic coefficients for various pairs of EGMs are parameterized through a 3D-similarity spatial transformation model that relates their underlying TRFs. From the least-squares adjustment of such a parametric model, the origin, orientation and scale stability between the EGMs’ reference frames can be identified by estimating their corresponding translation, rotation and scale factor parameters. Various aspects of the estimation procedure and its results are highlighted in the paper, including data weighting schemes, the sensitivity of the results with respect to the selected harmonic spectral band, the correlation structure and precision level of the estimated transformation parameters, the effect of the estimated differences of the EGMs’ reference frames on their height anomaly signal, and the overall feasibility of Kleusberg’s formulae for the assessment of TRF inconsistencies among global geopotential models.     

Water Harvesting Structure Positioning by Using Geo-Visualization Concept and Prioritization of Mini-Watersheds Through Morphometric Analysis in the Lower Tapi Basin

Geo-visualization concept has been used for positioning water harvesting structures in Varekhadi watershed consisting of 26 mini watersheds, falling in Lower Tapi Basin (LTB), Surat district, Gujarat state. For prioritization of the mini watersheds, morphometric analysis was utilized by using the linear parameters such as bifurcation ratio (R_b), drainage density (D_d), stream frequency (F_u), texture ratio (T), length of overland flow (L_o) and the shape parameter such as form factor (R_f), shape factor (B_s), elongation ratio (R_e), compactness constant (C_c) and circularity ratio (R_c). The different prioritization ranks were assigned after evaluation of the compound factor. 3 Dimensional (3D) Elevation Model (DEM) from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) and DEM from topo contour were analyzed in ArcScene 9.1 and the fly tool was utilized for the Geo-visualization of Varekhadi mini watersheds as per the priority ranks. Combining this with soil map and slope map, the best feasibility of positioning check dams in mini-watershed no. 1, 5 and 24 has been proposed, after validation of the sites.     

A Hierarchical Hybrid SVM Method for Classification of Remotely Sensed Data

The focus of this work is on developing a new hierarchical hybrid Support Vector Machine (SVM) method to address the problems of classification of multi or hyper spectral remotely sensed images and provide a working technique that increases the classification accuracy while lowering the computational cost and complexity of the process. The paper presents issues in analyzing large multi/hyper spectral image data sets for dimensionality reduction, coping with intra pixel spectral variations, and selection of a flexible classifier with robust learning process. Experiments conducted revealed that a computationally cheap algorithm that uses Hamming distance between the pixel vectors of different bands to eliminate redundant bands was quite effective in helping reduce the dimensionality. The paper also presents the concept of extended mathematical morphological profiles for segregating the input pixel vectors into pure or mixed categories which will enable further computational cost reductions. The proposed method’s overall classification accuracy is tested with IRS data sets and the Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer Indian Pines hyperspectral benchmark data set and presented.     

基于WebGIS的城市建设工程监管系统设计与实现

文章介绍了基于WebGIS的建设工程监管系统的技术架构、网络结构、关键技术和主要功能模块。系统实现了建设工程监管的可视化,旨在为提高城市建设工程的监管水平提供科学、准确、综合的信息支持。     

利用掩星资料分析东亚地区云厚的分布特征

利用2007年1月至2009年1月COSMIC掩星湿空气数据,基于相对湿度廓线出入云层时发生突变反演云边界高度的思想,统计分析了东亚地区云厚的分布特征。结果表明,掩星最低探测高度集中在3km以下,主要影响部分中云和低云云厚的反演。云发生概率沿纬度和经度方向呈现不同的分布特征,各类云概率随高度也有不同的变化规律。东亚地区所有云的平均厚度为1.78km,其中单层云和顶层云分布相似,双层云与其他云层的地理差异不大,单层云在春秋季分布相对均匀,而在夏冬季差异较大。夏季和冬季顶层云云顶高与云厚的二维频率分布各异,主要在于夏季有更多云体较厚且位于对流层上部的高云存在。     

基于图像特征的烟叶分级

讨论了基于图像特征的烤烟烟叶分级系统的建模及其实现,给出了烟叶分级模型的数学描述,探讨了模型库的优化和特征隶属度及烟叶模式的可信度的计算问题,并通过试验分析了FTGS系统的性能和有效性。