Analytical methods for error propagation in planar space–time prisms

The space–time prism demarcates all locations in space–time that a mobile object or person can occupy during an episode of potential or unobserved movement. The prism is central to time geography as a measure of potential mobility and to mobile object databases as a measure of location possibilities given sampling error. This paper develops an analytical approach to assessing error propagation in space–time prisms and prism–prism intersections. We analyze the geometry of the prisms to derive a core set of geometric problems involving the intersection of circles and ellipses. Analytical error propagation techniques such as the Taylor linearization method based on the first-order partial derivatives are not available since explicit functions describing the intersections and their derivatives are unwieldy. However, since we have implicit functions describing prism geometry, we modify this approach using an implicit function theorem that provides the required first-order partials without the explicit expressions. We describe the general method as well as details for the two spatial dimensions case and provide example calculations.     

Transverse Mercator with an accuracy of a few nanometers

Implementations of two algorithms for the transverse Mercator projection are described; these achieve accuracies close to machine precision. One is based on the exact equations of Thompson and Lee and the other uses an extension of Krüger’s series for the mapping to higher order. The exact method provides an accuracy of 9 nm over the entire ellipsoid, while the errors in the series method are less than 5 nm within 3900 km of the central meridian. In each case, the meridian convergence and scale are also computed with similar accuracy. The speed of the series method is competitive with other less accurate algorithms and the exact method is about five times slower.     

融合区域分割和边缘信息的居民地提取方法

提出了一种集成边缘和区域分割信息的目标识别方法，其目的是在中小比例尺的航空影像中提取集团式居民地。在实际的航空影像上的实验表明，融合区域分割和边缘信息能够提高居民地提取的准确率。     

基于GPRS的嵌入式工程测量数据通信系统研究

本系统基于GPRS技术和嵌入式实时操作系统研发的一套工程测量数据无线传输平台。本文简要介绍GPRS技术和嵌入式实时操作系统，详细介绍了系统的组成，软硬件的设计方案及在工程测量中应用情况。     

浅析房产面积测算的工作程序和技术要领

房产面积测量环节多、要求高、政策性强。如何正确地理解《规范》的原则,细化成具有可操作性的工作细则,形成连贯、协调的程序,提高工作效率,保证测绘质量,完善房产管理,是测绘学科中的一项重要课题。本文在这方面进行了一些探讨和总结。     

Self-calibration Applied in Converting Simulation Surveying

In the field of converting simulation surveying and traditional close range photogrammetry, it has been developed so far to survey objects by commercial digital camera and this technique is applied widely in every part of production. In order to get three-dimensional information of objects, commercial digital camera must be examined. For a long time, digital camera has been examined by DLT. Then there must be a high-precision control field. For realizing surveying without control points, a method for self-calibration is proposed.     

e-Learning在测绘专业教育中的应用研究

介绍e-Learning的概念及其体系结构,并在e-learning三层体系结构的基础上,结合测绘专业的教学需求,给出了e-Learning环境下测绘专业教学训练的系统设计及实现方案。     

机载LiDAR技术

机载LiDAR集成了GPS、IMU、激光扫描仪新一代航空遥感系统,能利用飞行获取的原始数据直接生成DEM和正射影像图,而无需任何或仅需少量的地面控制点。与传统的摄影测量技术相比,机载LiDAR可以节省大量的人力、时间和经费。在过去十年,机载LiDAR作为精确、快速的地球表面三维测量方法已得到广泛的认同,本文详细介绍了机载LiDAR的基本原理、技术结构及数据处理流程。