Errors and accuracy estimates of laser data acquired by various laser scanning systems for topographic applications

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 245-261

  Huising, E J ^a   Gomes Pereira, L M ^a  

^a Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Laser scanning; Sources of errors; Topographic applications

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; VEGETATION;

INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEMS (INS); TOPOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; LASER METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 0032193175     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2716(98)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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