City of the Spectacle: White Night Melbourne and the politics of public space

Public policy frequently is utilised as a medium to facilitate or restrict access to public space, and to privilege economic priorities. In this context urban arts festivals are used as a means to generate dominant narratives of place and use of public space. Urban arts festivals generate spaces of spectacle and wonder, and are often used as marketing strategies to revitalise urban economies and differentiate cities one from another on the global stage, engendering a commodification of place. The present paper explores this tension through an examination of the role of urban arts festivals in spatial politics. White Night Melbourne is the first Australian iteration of the Nuit Blanche International, an international network of all-night arts festivals. It is used as a case study to explore the impact of an urban arts festival on the spatial politics of Melbourne. A theoretical basis is established using the frame of Guy Debord's ([1967] 1994) The Society of the Spectacle, as well as the concepts of ‘assemblage’ and ‘expressivity’.     

Assessment of regional air pollution distribution by point cumulative semivariogram method at Erzurum urban center, TURKEY

In the assessment of air quality, regional distribution and dispersion with distance are important, together with the variations of pollutants in time. On this occasion, the point cumulative semi-variogram (PCSV) method is used in order to find simply regional distribution of pollutants of Erzurum urban centre. This method is based simply on the summation of square differences in air pollutant concentrations between different sites. Monthly regional variation maps of Erzurum are constructed by finding radius of influence (for SO₂, from 1000 m to 3500 m and, for TSP, 1000–2000 m) and PCSV scattering diagram data at different levels by using monthly average sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and total suspended particulate (TSP) matter concentrations in 2001–2002 winter season. Consequently, the air pollution distribution of Erzurum is assessed.     

利用先验对流层延迟约束加快PPP重新收敛方法

针对卫星信号中断后PPP需要重新收敛的问题,根据对流层延迟参数在短期内变化不大的特点,利用PPP中断前估计的比较精确的对流层延迟参数作为先验信息,提出了一种附加先验对流层信息约束的PPP模型加快PPP的重新收敛。实验结果表明,附加先验对流层信息约束模型的PPP重新收敛过程明显快于传统模型。附加先验对流层延迟信息的标准差越小,约束条件越强,PPP的重新收敛就越快。     

基于Bernese非差的GNSS大网分布式解算

非差精密单点定位(PPP)是大规模GNSS网络数据处理的主要模式之一。分析了基于Bernese自动处理引擎BPE的非差定位解算流程,通过修改配置文本文件实现BPE功能自动调用。针对单机集中处理模式下解算规模受限、时效性差的问题,采用分布式技术,利用C#编程实现了GNSS精密单点定位的并行处理。采用IGS数据进行实验,算例结果表明:在分布式环境下调用Bernese自动解算功能进行并行数据处理,能够实现快速、准确的GNSS大网高精度PPP定位解算,计算效率明显提高。     

Riegl VZ-400三维激光扫描仪数据的建模的研究

三维激光扫描技术是近年来发展起来的一门新技术,其在众多领域中有非常广阔的应用前景。本文介绍了三维激光扫描仪目前的应用现状,以及原理和数据后处理方法。最后通过青海玉树山体建模实例叙述了Riegl VZ-400扫描仪如何获取数据、点云数据的拼接及三维模型的建立。     

PTrees: A point-based approach to forest tree extraction from lidar data

This paper introduces PTrees, a multi-scale dynamic point cloud segmentation dedicated to forest tree extraction from lidar point clouds. The method process the point data using the raw elevation values (Z) and compute height (H = Z − ground elevation) during post-processing using an innovative procedure allowing to preserve the geometry of crown points. Multiple segmentations are done at different scales. Segmentation criteria are then applied to dynamically select the best set of apices from the tree segments extracted at the various scales. The selected set of apices is then used to generate a final segmentation. PTrees has been tested in 3 different forest types, allowing to detect 82% of the trees with under 10% of false detection rate. Future development will integrate crown profile estimation during the segmentation process in order to both maximize the detection of suppressed trees and minimize false detections.     

Automatic registration of optical imagery with 3D LiDAR data using statistical similarity

The development of robust and accurate methods for automatic registration of optical imagery and 3D LiDAR data continues to be a challenge for a variety of applications in photogrammetry, computer vision and remote sensing. This paper proposes a new approach for the registration of optical imagery with LiDAR data based on the theory of Mutual Information (MI), which exploits the statistical dependency between same- and multi-modal datasets to achieve accurate registration. The MI-based similarity measures quantify dependencies between aerial imagery, and both LiDAR intensity data and 3D point cloud data. The needs for specific physical feature correspondences, which are not always attainable in the registration of imagery with 3D point clouds, are avoided. Current methods for registering 2D imagery to 3D point clouds are first reviewed, after which the mutual MI approach is presented. Particular attention is given to adoption of the Normalised Combined Mutual Information (NCMI) approach as a means to produce a similarity measure that exploits the inherently registered LiDAR intensity and point cloud data so as to improve the robustness of registration between optical imagery and LiDAR data. The effectiveness of local versus global similarity measures is also investigated, as are the transformation models involved in the registration process. An experimental program conducted to evaluate MI-based methods for registering aerial imagery to LiDAR data is reported and the results obtained in two areas with differing terrain and land cover, and with aerial imagery of different resolution and LiDAR data with different point density are discussed. These results demonstrate the potential of the MI and especially the CMI methods for registration of imagery and 3D point clouds, and they highlight the feasibility and robustness of the presented MI-based approach to automated registration of multi-sensor, multi-temporal and multi-resolution remote sensing data for a wide range of applications.     

AutoCAD环境下大比例尺地形图符号库的制作

本文论述了在AutoCAD环境下,大比例尺地形图符号库（点状符号、线状符号、面状符号）的定制和开发方法,并用程序予以实现,在实际工作中具有一定的应用价值。     

一种基于点云提取微地形对象的方法

在分析微地形特点以及现有网格DEM在表述微地形中存在的不足的基础上,提出了面向对象的数字高程模型,给出了该模型的形式化描述和以点云为数据源构建面向对象数字高程模型过程中采用的对象边界的识别、特征保持的点云疏化、基于属性近似的网格约化及对象识别等关键步骤的方法。并以实例证明了此过程的可行性。